Driver ran over teenager after fall from trailer in the Bronx.
A 42-year-old driver was traveling west on East 138th Street in the Bronx at 12:32 a.m. on September 5, 2022, when 17-year-old Daniel Hernandez fell from a parked trailer and was run over, police told Patch; the official record lists one pedestrian death.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police told Patch that Hernandez was standing on an unhitched box trailer parked on East 138th Street when he lost his balance as a 42-year-old driver traveled west. He fell toward the street and onto the exposed rear wheels of the moving trailer. Patch called the moving combination a tractor-trailer; El Diario, citing the New York Post, described its trailer as a lowboy. The driver remained at the scene, and contemporaneous reports said the investigation was ongoing and no charges had been filed.
Police described a fall beside a moving truck.
Police told Patch that Hernandez was standing on an unhitched box trailer parked on East 138th Street when he lost his balance as a 42-year-old man drove west. He fell toward the street and onto the exposed rear wheels of the moving trailer; police said he was caught between the rotating wheels and run over.
Patch described the moving combination as a tractor-trailer. El Diario, citing the New York Post, described the moving trailer as a lowboy. The official record identifies a diesel tractor truck but does not specify the trailer subtype.
The crash happened near Walnut Avenue.
Patch placed the crash on East 138th Street near Walnut Avenue in the Bronx. The official record gives the time as 12:32 a.m. on September 5, 2022, and records one pedestrian death.
Hernandez lived on the Upper West Side.
Daniel Hernandez, 17, lived at the NYCHA Amsterdam Houses near West 63rd Street, police told Patch. El Diario described him as being from Manhattan.
The driver stayed at the scene.
Patch reported that the driver stayed and that the NYPD highway collision investigation squad was investigating. El Diario reported that police said no charges had been filed at the time.