Driver charged after passenger dies in Van Wyck crash.
Luis Angamarca was driving north when police said he swerved right into the rear of a disabled tractor-trailer on the Van Wyck Expressway; city records log one person killed in the 10:58 p.m. Dec. 2, 2022, crash.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police accounts reported by CBS News and QNS say Luis Angamarca, 31, swerved right into the rear of a disabled tractor-trailer; CBS said he was in the right northbound lane, while QNS said investigators found he failed to stay in his lane. QNS identified the sedan as a 2019 Honda Accord and the other vehicle as a 1999 Western Star tractor-trailer; the city record classifies them as a sedan and a diesel tractor truck. The 28-year-old front-seat passenger died, and QNS reported the 42-year-old truck driver was taken to a hospital with pain complaints and listed in stable condition. City records log the crash at 10:58 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2022, with one person killed and one injured. QNS reported Angamarca was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired by alcohol.
Accounts describe a rightward swerve.
CBS News reported police said Angamarca was driving in the right northbound lane and swerved right, rear-ending a disabled tractor-trailer. QNS said investigators determined he failed to stay in his lane before swerving right and striking the rear of a disabled tractor-trailer.
City records date the crash to Dec. 2, 2022, at 10:58 p.m. and record one person killed and one injured.
Near Jewel Avenue and Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
The official record places the crash on the Van Wyck Expressway. CBS News described the location as just south of Jewel Avenue in Queens, while QNS placed it near 72nd Avenue alongside Flushing Meadows Corona Park. QNS reported that the disabled tractor-trailer was in a marked zone separating the expressway from Exit 11.
The passenger and truck driver.
QNS reported that the 28-year-old man in the Honda's front passenger seat was unconscious with body trauma when police found him, and that EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. CBS News also reported that he was pronounced dead at the scene. The official record identifies a 28-year-old male passenger as the person killed.
QNS reported that Angamarca, 31, and the 42-year-old truck driver were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital with complaints of pain. The truck driver was listed in stable condition.
Reports identify the vehicles differently.
The official record classifies the vehicles as a sedan and a diesel tractor truck. QNS described the sedan Angamarca was driving as a 2019 Honda Accord and the other vehicle as a 1999 Western Star tractor-trailer.
Angamarca was arrested and charged.
QNS reported that police arrested Angamarca early Saturday morning and charged him with driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired by alcohol.