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Driver Killed in High-Speed Clearview Expressway Crash

A 20-year-old driver was killed and another motorist was injured on the Clearview Expressway early Oct. 16, 2022, after police said he was driving a 2007 Honda Accord at high speed and lost control near 73rd Avenue.

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October 16, 2022date
2:05 a.m.time

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A 20-year-old driver was killed on the Clearview Expressway in Queens early on Oct. 16, 2022. City crash data records one motorist killed and one injured, with unsafe speed listed as a contributing factor. The New York Post, citing police, reported that the driver was heading north in a 2007 Honda Accord at a high rate of speed near exit 4 when he lost control; police described a crash sequence involving the center guardrail and a tree near 73rd Avenue. The official record lists the crash at 2:05 a.m., while the Post reported 2:18 a.m.

Police described a high-speed loss of control

The New York Post, citing police, reported that the 20-year-old driver was traveling north on the Clearview Expressway in a 2007 Honda Accord at a high rate of speed when he lost control near exit 4. Police described a crash sequence involving the center guardrail and a tree near 73rd Avenue.

The official crash record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured. The city record places the crash at 2:05 a.m.; the Post, citing police, reported 2:18 a.m.

On the Clearview Expressway near 73rd Avenue

The crash was recorded on the Clearview Expressway in Queens. The Post reported that it happened on the northbound side near exit 4 and 73rd Avenue.

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A driver died at the scene; his passenger was critically hurt

The official record lists the person killed as a 20-year-old male driver. The Post reported that police said he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Post reported that his passenger, a man in his 20s, was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital with head and body trauma and was listed in critical condition. The official record counts one injured motorist.

The official record lists a northbound Honda sedan

City crash data describes a 2007 Honda sedan with two occupants, traveling north and changing lanes before the crash. The Post identified the sedan as a 2007 Honda Accord.

The official vehicle entry records unsafe speed and unsafe lane changing as contributing factors for the Honda, and notes that the sedan was demolished.

Press Articles

  1. nypost.com · October 16, 2022 · primary

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