Unlicensed SUV Driver Slams Parked Truck, Passenger Killed
An unlicensed driver pushed a speeding SUV down Drake Street and into a parked tractor-trailer. The 31-year-old front passenger died in the crushed front seat. Police recorded unsafe speed in another midnight body count.
What We Know
According to the police report, near 11:22 p.m. on Drake Street in the Bronx, an unlicensed driver in an SUV traveling at unsafe speed hit a parked diesel tractor-truck. The 31-year-old front passenger was killed. The report lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. The truck was unoccupied at the time of the crash, which involved an oversized vehicle and left the SUV demolished.
People
Occupant killed
Age 31; Male; Position: Front passenger; Injury: Killed
Vehicles
SUV
2004 HOND -CAR/SUV; Occupants: 3; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Demolished; Damage: Demolished; Driver license status: Unlicensed; Contributing factor: Unsafe Speed
Truck
2015 PTRB-TRUCK/BUS; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Left Rear Bumper; Damage: Left Rear Bumper
Where
Drake St
Press Articles
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