Driver Kills 91-Year-Old Raking Leaves in Morris Park
Police said a 59-year-old woman driving a Hyundai sedan west on Rhinelander Avenue hit 91-year-old Simone Canepa as he raked leaves by his Radcliff Avenue home; city records list unsafe speed in the fatal Bronx crash.
What We Know
Around 5:20 to 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 11, 2022, police said a 59-year-old woman driving a Hyundai sedan west on Rhinelander Avenue hit 91-year-old Simone Canepa near Radcliff Avenue in the Bronx. Canepa was raking leaves by his Radcliff Avenue home, according to amNY. He suffered severe head trauma and died at Jacobi Hospital the next day. The driver remained at the scene, and police said the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. The city crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor.
Simone Canepa was raking leaves when a driver hit him
Police told amNY that Simone Canepa, 91, was raking leaves by his Radcliff Avenue home when a 59-year-old woman driving a Hyundai sedan west on Rhinelander Avenue hit him on Nov. 11, 2022. The city crash record places the fatal pedestrian crash at Rhinelander Avenue and Radcliff Avenue in the Bronx.
Canepa suffered severe head trauma and was taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he died the next day. The driver remained at the scene, and police said the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
Rhinelander Avenue has seen repeated crashes since 2022
The crash happened at Rhinelander Avenue and Radcliff Avenue in Morris Park, near Canepa's home, according to police reporting and the city crash record.
CrashCountNYC location context for Rhinelander Avenue in the Bronx records 156 crashes, 90 injuries, 1 serious injury and 1 death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The death underscored the risk facing older New Yorkers
amNY reported Canepa's death in the context of senior traffic deaths across New York City, citing a city Department of Transportation report that found seniors were less than 15 percent of the city's population but more than 45 percent of traffic fatalities. In the Bronx, the report found seniors were 12 percent of the population and 31 percent of traffic deaths.