Two motorcycle riders die in Bronx crash involving SUVs.
A motorcycle driver and passenger died in a July 19, 2022, crash at Morrison Avenue and Harrod Place, according to the official record; police told ABC7 the driver tried to pass between two SUVs.
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What We Know
Police told ABC7 that the motorcycle driver was traveling south and tried to pass between two SUVs; the report said all three riders were thrown during the ensuing collisions. The official record instead lists the motorcycle traveling north and going straight, and records two deaths and one injury.
The crash happened in Soundview.
The official record places the crash at Morrison Avenue and Harrod Place in the Bronx at 2:25 p.m. on July 19, 2022. ABC7 identified the area as Soundview.
The accounts differ on the motorcycle's direction.
ABC7 reported that police said three men were riding south on Morrison Avenue when the driver tried to pass between two SUVs. The report said all three riders were thrown during the ensuing collisions with the SUVs.
The official record instead lists the motorcycle traveling north and going straight. It lists one of the other vehicles traveling southwest and making a left turn, and the other traveling south and going straight.
Sources describe the other vehicles differently.
ABC7 described two SUVs. The official record categorizes both as station wagons or sport utility vehicles and lists the motorcycle as a 2021 Yamaha.
Early reporting described a different toll.
ABC7 reported that two riders were taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead and the other was critically injured. It also reported that police were checking hospitals for a third rider who had left in another car. The official record lists two people killed and one injured.