Driver fled after fatal crash at Woodside BQE exit
A driver exiting the southbound BQE struck and killed a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk at Broadway and 69th Street in Queens at 9:20 p.m. on June 2, 2022, then left the scene, police said.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police said the driver approached on the southbound BQE exit ramp and left south on 69th Street after striking the man as he crossed within the marked crosswalk. EMS took him to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to QNS. The official crash record lists the pedestrian as a 49-year-old man; contemporaneous reports said his age had not been released.
The driver left the scene.
Police accounts reported that the driver approached from the southbound BQE exit ramp and struck the man as he crossed within the marked crosswalk. The driver continued south on 69th Street, according to police reports published by QNS and Streetsblog.
EMS took the man to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, QNS reported. The official crash record identifies the pedestrian as a 49-year-old man; the contemporaneous reports said his age had not been released.
Highway ramps meet neighborhood streets.
The crash happened at Broadway and 69th Street in Woodside, where BQE entrance and exit ramps meet residential streets. Streetsblog, citing city statistics, reported 93 crashes at the intersection from 2018 through 2021, injuring one cyclist, five pedestrians and 25 motorists.
The investigation remained open.
QNS reported on June 3, 2022, that police had made no arrests and that the investigation was ongoing.