Driver Dies, Passenger Critically Hurt in Clearview Crash
A 20-year-old driver died and his passenger was critically hurt on the Clearview Expressway early October 16, 2022, after their northbound Honda Accord made contact with a center guardrail and a tree, police said.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
A 20-year-old driver died and his passenger was critically hurt on the northbound Clearview Expressway in Queens on October 16, 2022. Police said their 2007 Honda Accord made contact with a center guardrail near 73rd Avenue, crossed the lanes and then made contact with a tree on the right shoulder. Medics took the passenger to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens with head and body trauma. City records cite unsafe speed and unsafe lane changing as contributing factors. Reports citing police placed the crash later than the 2:05 a.m. time in the city record.
A guardrail, then a tree
Police said the 2007 Honda Accord was traveling north when it made contact with a center guardrail, crossed the lanes and made contact with a tree on the right shoulder. The city record shows one person killed and one injured.
The city record gives the crash time as 2:05 a.m. News reports citing police placed it at about 2:15 to 2:30 a.m.
Near 73rd Avenue in Queens
The crash happened on the northbound Clearview Expressway near Exit 4, where the highway passes over 73rd Avenue. Police described the guardrail as being in the center of the highway and the tree as being on the right shoulder.
The driver and passenger
The 20-year-old driver died at the scene. Medics took his passenger, a man in his 20s, to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens with head and body trauma; police reported that he was in critical condition.
Speed and the investigation
Police said they believed the Accord had been traveling at a high rate of speed. The city record cites unsafe speed and unsafe lane changing as contributing factors; police told the Daily News they were investigating what caused the driver to lose control.