Driver dies in Bruckner Expressway crash near Country Club Road.
BMW driver Alwayne Hylton, 30, died in a May 18, 2022, crash at 11:48 p.m. on the Bruckner Expressway near Country Club Road that injured three others; police said the BMW went off an elevated embankment into the northbound lanes.
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What We Know
Police said Hylton lost control while traveling south and went off an elevated embankment into the northbound lanes. Norwood News reported that he collided with a Toyota there; ABC7 said he narrowly avoided the Toyota, while El Diario attributed its damage to debris. The reports differ on whether the BMW directly contacted the Toyota.
One driver died; three others were injured.
Norwood News identified the deceased driver as Alwayne Hylton, 30, from Wakefield in the Bronx, and reported that he was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center. ABC7 also reported that he was pronounced dead at Jacobi.
Norwood News reported that Hylton's two passengers, men ages 26 and 37, had head and body trauma and were stable. El Diario described their injuries as serious but also reported that they were stable.
Norwood News reported that the Toyota's 51-year-old woman driver sustained minor injuries and was stable at Jacobi; ABC7 said she was taken to a hospital to be checked out.
The embankment separated the two directions of travel.
Police responded to the northbound Bruckner Expressway south of Exit 7C for Country Club Road in Pelham Bay. Norwood News described the southbound embankment as elevated above the northbound lanes, where its account says the BMW landed.
Reports differ about contact with the Toyota.
Norwood News, citing a preliminary police investigation, reported that Hylton lost control while driving south, went off an elevated embankment and landed in the northbound lanes, where he collided with a Toyota. ABC7 reported that he narrowly avoided a collision with the Toyota, which sustained minor damage.
El Diario reported that the BMW overturned before a crash against a highway wall and attributed the Toyota's damage to debris. The reports differ on whether the BMW directly contacted the Toyota.
The official record identifies a sedan and an SUV.
The official crash record lists a 2009 BMW sedan traveling south with three occupants and a 2020 Toyota station wagon/SUV traveling north with one occupant. Norwood News identified them as a BMW 328 and a Toyota RAV4.