Driver dies after leaving New England Thruway in the Bronx
A 25-year-old driver was killed and a passenger was injured on May 26, 2022, after police said he sped off the New England Thruway near Pelham Bay Park West and went down an embankment into a Bronx garage.
What We Know
The crash happened just before 7 p.m. on May 26, 2022, on the New England Thruway in the Bronx. Police told the Daily News that a 25-year-old Mercedes Benz driver was heading south near Pelham Bay Park West when he sped off the road, went down an embankment and crashed into a garage. The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and records one motorist killed and one injured. Police said the driver was ejected and died, and his passenger, a 28-year-old woman, was taken to Jacobi Hospital with leg injuries.
Police said the driver left the thruway at speed
Police told the Daily News that the Mercedes Benz driver was going south on the New England Thruway near Pelham Bay Park West just before 7 p.m. when he sped off the road and went down an embankment. The driver then crashed into a garage at a home on Pelham Bay Park West.
The official crash record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured. It identifies the person killed as the 25-year-old male driver and lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor.
One driver died and one passenger was injured
The official record identifies the person killed as the driver and records two occupants in the sedan.
The record describes a southbound sedan
The official record lists the involved vehicle as a 2009 sedan traveling south and records its pre-crash movement as changing lanes. The Daily News described the driver as operating a Mercedes Benz.
Unsafe speed is the listed contributing factor
The official crash record lists unsafe speed as the contributing factor for the sedan. Police also told the Daily News that the driver sped off the road before going down the embankment.
A witness described the scene at the garage
A neighbor who said he saw the wreck told the Daily News he heard loud screeching and saw the driver out of control toward the house. The witness said he ran toward the crash and saw that the driver had been ejected.
Where
New England Thruway