Toyota driver lost control while avoiding a burning BMW; passenger died, El Diario reported.
El Diario reported that a Toyota driver lost control while avoiding a burning BMW in a May 6, 2022 crash on a New England Thruway ramp that left one person dead, according to the official record.
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What We Know
El Diario reported that a BMW driver hit a median and the BMW caught fire, after which a Toyota driver lost control while avoiding it. The official record lists one death and one injury and identifies the person killed as a 21-year-old male passenger linked to a Toyota sedan; El Diario described the passenger as 22 and reported that he died at Jacobi Hospital.
The reported sequence began with a BMW driver.
El Diario reported that a BMW driver hit a median on the exit ramp and the BMW caught fire. Citing witnesses who spoke to police, the article said a 27-year-old Toyota Camry driver tried to avoid the burning sedan, lost control, overturned and hit a median.
El Diario reported that paramedics rescued the Toyota driver and his passenger and took them to Jacobi Hospital, where the passenger died. The article also said two other drivers were involved in a collision as they slowed to avoid the fire; neither was seriously injured.
The crash happened at the Baychester Avenue exit.
The official record places the crash on a New England Thruway ramp at 4:06 a.m. on May 6, 2022. El Diario located it on the north side of the highway at the Baychester Avenue exit near Co-op City in the Bronx, and reported a time of about 4:15 a.m.
The sources give different ages for the passenger.
The official record identifies the person killed as a 21-year-old male passenger and links him to a Toyota sedan. El Diario described the passenger as 22, reported that he died at Jacobi Hospital, and said his name had not been released pending family notification.
El Diario reported that the Toyota driver was in stable condition and the BMW driver was in critical condition. Citing police sources, it said police detained the Toyota driver after learning he had been drinking before the crash.
The sources differ on how many vehicles were involved.
The official vehicle records list a 2011 BMW sedan, a 2017 Toyota sedan and a 2021 Dodge recorded as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle. El Diario described the Toyota as a Camry and said four cars were involved; the official detailed vehicle records list three.
The official record lists speed and traffic-control factors.
The official record lists unsafe speed for the BMW and Dodge drivers, and disregard of traffic control for the BMW driver. Those entries do not establish the sequence El Diario reported.