Driver Fatally Hits 65-Year-Old Pedestrian on Bronx River Parkway
A licensed male driver in a 2021 SUV, traveling north on the Bronx River Parkway, fatally hit a 65-year-old man at 5:29 a.m.; the Daily News reported the driver stayed at the scene and faced no immediate charges.
What We Know
A licensed male driver in a 2021 SUV was traveling north and going straight ahead on Oct. 18, 2022, when he fatally hit a 65-year-old man recorded as a pedestrian. The city crash record placed the collision on the Bronx River Parkway at 5:29 a.m. and recorded the man as crossing away from an intersection without a signal or crosswalk. The Daily News reported that police described the man as trying to cross the northbound lanes of the Cross Bronx Expressway near Allerton Avenue at about 5:30 a.m.; the article said he died at the scene, the driver remained there, and no immediate charges were filed.
A man was killed while crossing before dawn
The city crash record says a licensed male driver in a 2021 SUV was traveling north and going straight ahead on Oct. 18, 2022, when he hit a 65-year-old male pedestrian at 5:29 a.m. The record says the pedestrian was crossing away from an intersection without a signal or crosswalk.
The Daily News reported that police said the man died at the scene. The article said the driver remained at the scene and faced no immediate charges.
Records disagree on the roadway
The city crash record places the fatal collision on the Bronx River Parkway. The Daily News account, citing police, described the location as the northbound lanes of the Cross Bronx Expressway near Allerton Avenue.
Because the public sources use different roadway names, this page preserves that disagreement rather than treating one press detail as settled.
The official factor focused on the pedestrian's crossing
The city person record listed the pedestrian factor as pedestrian or bicyclist error or confusion. The same record described the man as crossing without a signal or crosswalk and away from an intersection.
The press account did not report a charge against the driver in the immediate aftermath.
Northbound traffic was shut down during the investigation
The Daily News reported that all northbound lanes were shut down while police investigated, causing a major traffic backup.