Driver left after fatal Cross Bronx Expressway crash.
A driver struck a 29-year-old rider and left the scene, police told CBS News; the crash record logs one death on the Cross Bronx Expressway at 1:34 a.m. May 12, 2023.
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What We Know
Police told CBS News that a 29-year-old man riding north on the Cross Bronx Expressway struck a construction barrel, was thrown into the roadway and was then struck by a driver who did not stay at the scene. EMS pronounced him dead there, according to the report. The official record logs one death in a crash on May 12, 2023, at 1:34 a.m.; CBS reported about 1:30 a.m. near Harrod Avenue. The sources differ on the rider's vehicle classification and direction: CBS described an electric motorcycle traveling north, while official records classify the collision vehicle as a motorcycle and the person-linked vehicle as an E-Bike traveling east.
Police described a barrel, then a hit-and-run.
Police told CBS News that the 29-year-old man was riding north on the expressway when he struck a construction barrel and was thrown into the roadway. A driver then struck him and did not stay at the scene. CBS reported that EMS pronounced him dead there.
CBS placed the crash near Harrod Avenue.
The official record places the crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway at 1:34 a.m. on May 12, 2023. CBS News reported that it happened near Harrod Avenue at about 1:30 a.m.
The investigation was ongoing.
CBS reported on May 12, 2023, that police had not released the rider's identity, no arrests had been made and the investigation was ongoing.
Records differ on the rider's vehicle and direction.
CBS described the rider's vehicle as an electric motorcycle traveling north. The official collision record categorizes a motorcycle, while the person-linked vehicle entry labels it an E-Bike, identifies a 2022 Fly Wing and records eastbound travel.
The official record also lists an eastbound 2021 diesel tractor truck and a female driver. CBS did not identify the vehicle or driver in its account of the person who left the scene, so the sources do not establish that this was the same driver.