Truck driver stayed at scene after fatal Major Deegan crash
A 60-year-old tractor-trailer driver stayed at the scene after a 28-year-old motorcyclist died in a July 7, 2022, crash at 7:27 p.m. on the Major Deegan Expressway, according to police and the official record.
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What We Know
A 28-year-old man was traveling north on the Major Deegan Expressway near Exit 2B in Mott Haven on July 7, 2022; the official record logs the crash at 7:27 p.m. Both articles report that he collided with a tractor-trailer heading in the same direction. Accounts differ on the sequence: 1010 WINS, citing police, says the rider sideswiped the truck and was thrown from his motorcycle; the Daily News says he lost control and careened toward the truck before colliding. The official record lists the rider's vehicle as a moped, while both articles call it a motorcycle. 1010 WINS identifies it as a 2021 Lance AE Series. The 60-year-old tractor-trailer driver stayed at the scene.
Police accounts differ on the collision sequence
The official record documents one person killed and no injuries in the July 7, 2022, crash at 7:27 p.m. on the Major Deegan Expressway. The Daily News placed the crash just before Exit 2B in Mott Haven.
1010 WINS, citing police, reported that the rider sideswiped the tractor-trailer and was thrown from his motorcycle. The Daily News said he lost control and careened toward the tractor-trailer before colliding with it. Both articles describe the vehicles as traveling in the same direction.
Sources describe the rider's vehicle differently
The official record lists a moped and a diesel tractor truck. Both articles call the rider's vehicle a motorcycle and the other vehicle a tractor-trailer. 1010 WINS identifies the motorcycle as a 2021 Lance AE Series.
The driver stayed while investigators examined the crash
The Daily News reported that the 28-year-old man was taken to Lincoln Hospital and could not be saved. 1010 WINS said he was transported there and pronounced dead.
Police said the 60-year-old tractor-trailer driver remained at the scene. The Daily News reported that he was not immediately facing charges, and 1010 WINS said the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
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MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY