Truck Driver Plows Into Stopped SUV, Kills Woman
A tractor-trailer driver slammed into stopped traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway overnight, demolishing a 49-year-old woman’s SUV and killing her. Two trucks and her SUV ended up wrecked in the dark.
What We Know
A tractor-trailer driver hit stopped traffic on the westbound Cross Bronx Expressway just after midnight, crushing a 49-year-old woman’s SUV and involving a second truck. According to the police report, the woman, who was stopped in traffic and driving an SUV, died at the scene after suffering severe burns and partial ejection. All three vehicles were heavily damaged in the overnight crash on the arterial expressway.
People
Occupant killed
Age 49; Female; Position: Driver; Injury: Killed
Vehicles
Truck
2013 MACK-TRUCK/BUS; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Stopped in Traffic; Travel direction: West; Point of impact: Trailer; Damage: Trailer; Driver license status: Licensed
SUV
2019 LNDR -CAR/SUV; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Stopped in Traffic; Travel direction: West; Point of impact: Demolished; Damage: Demolished; Driver license status: Licensed
Truck
2015 FRHT-TRUCK/BUS; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: West; Point of impact: Demolished; Damage: Demolished; Driver license status: Licensed
Where
Cross Bronx Expy
Press Articles
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