Driver Dies After Bronx River Parkway Crash
Police said a 42-year-old driver lost control on the Bronx River Parkway on Jan. 21, 2023; the official record lists the crash at 9:01 p.m. and one motorist killed, and Norwood News reported that the car came to rest after contact with a fence and then a tree.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police said a 42-year-old man was driving a 2010 Mazda 3 northbound in the right lane of the Bronx River Parkway on Jan. 21, 2023, when he lost control. The car went off the right side into a grassy area and came to rest after contact with a fence and then a tree. The official record lists the crash at 9:01 p.m.; Norwood News reported that police responded to a 911 call at about 9:06 p.m. near Boston Road. EMS took the driver to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead. Police reported no other vehicles or injuries, and the investigation was ongoing as of the Jan. 22 report.
Reported vehicle makes
- Mazda — accepted press report
Make information is incomplete for the vehicles involved in this crash.
A preliminary account traced the driver's path off the parkway.
Norwood News, citing a preliminary NYPD investigation, reported that a 42-year-old man was driving a 2010 Mazda 3 northbound in the right lane when he lost control. The car went off the roadway to the right into a grassy area and came to rest after contact with a fence and then a tree.
The official record dates the crash to Jan. 21, 2023, at 9:01 p.m. Norwood News reported that police responded to a 911 call at about 9:06 p.m. near Boston Road and the Bronx River Parkway.
The driver was taken to Jacobi.
Norwood News reported that EMS took the driver to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead. Police reported no other vehicles involved or injuries. The NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad's investigation was ongoing as of the Jan. 22 report.
Where
BRONX RIVER PARKWAY