SUV driver turning right collides with 67-year-old rider in fatal Bronx crash
At 11:37 a.m. on September 23, 2022, a 63-year-old Ford Escape driver turning right collided with a 67-year-old woman at East 188th Street and Park Avenue in the Bronx; police reports said she died at St. Barnabas Hospital the next day.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police said the driver was turning right from East 188th Street onto Park Avenue when he collided with the woman, who was heading toward a crosswalk. Reports said she was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died the next day. The official record lists failure to yield right-of-way for the SUV; reports said the driver stayed at the scene and had not been charged as of October 4.
Accounts differ on the SUV's approach direction.
The Daily News reported, citing police, that the driver turned right from East 188th Street onto Park Avenue while the woman rode along the sidewalk toward the crosswalk. Norwood News said investigators described the Ford approaching eastbound; the official record lists the SUV traveling south. Norwood News and the official record both list the rider's direction as westbound, while Norwood News places her on the south sidewalk.
Police accounts said the woman was thrown onto the roadway and then run over beneath the Ford's front and rear driver-side tires.
Reports use different names for the woman's vehicle.
Norwood News identified the driver's vehicle as a 2010 Ford Escape and said he was 63. The official record classifies the other vehicle as an e-bike, as does the Daily News. Norwood News calls it a scooter in its headline and uses e-bike and e-scooter in its account.
The woman died the following day.
Norwood News reported that EMS took the woman to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on September 24. The Daily News likewise reported that she died there the next day.
The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way for the SUV driver. Norwood News reported that the driver remained at the scene and was not injured; as of October 4, it said there had been no arrests and the investigation was ongoing. The Daily News reported that the driver had not been charged.
Where
EAST 188 STREET and PARK AVENUE