Driver fled after fatal Drake Street crash, police say.
A driver in a Honda fled after a crash involving a parked tractor-trailer on Drake Street at 11:22 p.m. on May 10, 2023, leaving one passenger dead and another critically injured, according to police accounts and the official record.
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What We Know
News reports said the Honda driver left the crash scene; El Diario also reported an earlier police stop on Riverside Drive. El Diario identified the passenger who died as José Matos, 31, while News 12 reported the deceased passenger was 30. The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the Honda.
The driver left before officers arrived.
CBS reported that a driver in a Honda CR-V carrying three people collided with a tractor-trailer and fled. News 12, citing police, described the tractor-trailer as parked and unoccupied and said the driver left before officers arrived.
El Diario reported that police stopped the Honda driver on Riverside Drive at about 10:17 p.m., the driver fled, and police later located the Honda in the Bronx. It said the driver left the crash scene on foot before officers arrived and that the reason for the initial stop was unclear.
The official crash record gives the time as 11:22 p.m. on May 10, 2023; CBS reported that the crash happened around 11:15 p.m. The record counts one person killed and one injured.
Reports differ on the deceased passenger’s age.
El Diario identified the passenger who died as José Matos, 31, a Bronx resident. It reported that paramedics took Matos to Jacobi Hospital gravely injured and that he was later pronounced dead there. CBS and News 12 reported that a man had died but did not specify where. The official record lists a 31-year-old male front-seat passenger as killed; News 12 reported the deceased passenger was 30.
News 12 and El Diario reported that another passenger, a 29-year-old man, was critically injured. El Diario said he was taken to Lincoln Medical Center.
Reports differ on the cross street.
The official crash record places the collision on Drake Street. CBS and News 12 reported Drake Street and Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point; El Diario instead placed it at Drake Street and Randall Avenue and called the area Clason Point.
Reports describe the vehicles with different levels of detail.
The official record classifies the southbound 2004 Honda as a station wagon/sport utility vehicle with three occupants; CBS reported it was a Honda CR-V. The record lists the other vehicle as a 2015 tractor truck, parked and unoccupied; News 12 and El Diario described it as a tractor-trailer.
The official record lists unsafe speed.
The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the Honda. CBS reported that the cause remained under investigation at the time of its report.
No arrest had been reported.
El Diario reported that no arrests had been made and no suspect had been identified at the time of its report.