A driver dies after a collision with a sanitation plow on the Major Deeg
Kevin Thompson, 41, was driving south when, police said, he struck the rear of a southbound sanitation plow truck near West 233rd Street on the Major Deegan at 4:04 a.m. Jan. 9, 2022; the official record lists one motorist killed and one injured.
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What We Know
Norwood News reported that police said Thompson was driving south on the Major Deegan Expressway when he struck the rear of a southbound plow truck near West 233rd Street. The official record gives the crash time as 4:04 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2022, and records one motorist killed and one injured. Norwood News reported Thompson was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital and later pronounced dead; the Daily News said he died the next day. The 43-year-old plow driver was hospitalized in stable condition.
Police accounts describe a rear-end crash.
Norwood News, citing a preliminary police investigation, reported that Thompson was driving south when he struck the rear of a southbound sanitation plow truck near West 233rd Street.
The official record gives the crash date as Jan. 9, 2022, and the time as 4:04 a.m. It records one motorist killed and one injured.
The crash was on the southbound expressway.
Police placed the collision on the southbound Major Deegan Expressway at West 233rd Street, on the Kingsbridge border, according to Norwood News.
Reports give different model years for the plow.
Norwood News described the sanitation plow truck as a white 2003 Mack; the official crash record lists a 2016 Mack snow plow. Norwood News identified Thompson's car as a black 2015 Acura TLX, while the official record classifies it as a 2015 Acura sedan.
The drivers were taken to hospitals.
Norwood News reported that EMS took Thompson to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead; the Daily News reported that he died a day after the crash.
Norwood News reported that EMS took the 43-year-old plow driver to New York-Presbyterian Hospital in stable condition. The Daily News also reported he was stable and said he had not been charged as of its Jan. 23 report. Norwood News said the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.