Police Accounts Differ on Fatal Bronx Motorcycle Crash
Police accounts differed over which driver crossed into oncoming traffic at University Avenue and West 190th Street at 10:47 p.m. on May 22, 2022; the record lists one motorcycle passenger killed, and CBS reported the rider was critically injured.
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What We Know
A Mercedes driver and motorcycle rider were involved in a collision at University Avenue and West 190th Street in the Bronx at 10:47 p.m. on May 22, 2022. The official record lists one person killed, a 27-year-old motorcycle passenger; Norwood News reported she was pronounced dead at Saint Barnabas Hospital. Norwood News said preliminary police findings placed the northbound Mercedes driver across the solid yellow line and into the path of a southbound motorcycle. CBS reported a different police account, saying the rider veered into oncoming traffic and struck a Mercedes. Norwood News reported the motorcycle rider was critically injured, the 29-year-old Mercedes driver was unhurt, and no arrests had been made as of its May 23 report.
Police accounts conflict about who crossed into oncoming traffic
Norwood News reported that a preliminary police investigation found the northbound Mercedes driver crossed the solid yellow line into southbound traffic and struck a motorcycle traveling south. Police said the impact ejected both motorcycle occupants.
CBS reported a different police account: the motorcycle rider was popping wheelies and veered into oncoming traffic, striking a Mercedes. The reports conflict about which driver entered oncoming traffic.
One passenger died; the motorcycle rider was critically injured
The official record lists one person killed, a 27-year-old woman recorded as a passenger on the motorcycle. Norwood News reported that EMS took her to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. CBS also reported that the female passenger was pronounced dead at a hospital.
CBS reported that the male motorcycle rider was critically injured. Norwood News said two people were taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital and that a man was in critical condition.
Reports describe the Mercedes differently
The official record classifies the northbound 2019 Mercedes as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle; Norwood News identifies a 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 traveling north as a sedan. The official record and Norwood News identify a southbound 2016 motorcycle, which Norwood News describes as a Suzuki. Norwood News describes a two-vehicle collision, while the official record also lists a parked 2009 Honda station wagon or sport utility vehicle.
Official factor labels do not resolve the conflicting accounts
The official record lists Traffic Control Disregarded as a collision-level contributing factor. It also lists Traffic Control Disregarded and Failure to Keep Right for the northbound station wagon or sport utility vehicle. These entries do not resolve the differing police accounts of which driver crossed into oncoming traffic.
The investigation was ongoing
As of its May 23 report, Norwood News said no arrests had been made and the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. It reported that the 29-year-old Mercedes driver remained at the scene and was not injured.
Where
UNIVERSITY AVENUE and WEST 190 STREET