Driver Fleeing Police Fatally Injured Bronx Pedestrian
Police said Reynaldo Nazario, fleeing in a stolen Honda CR-V, hit Muj Gjocaj at East Mosholu Parkway South and Bainbridge Avenue, where city records say the 74-year-old pedestrian was crossing with the signal.
What We Know
Police said Reynaldo Nazario, 46, was driving a stolen Honda CR-V and trying to get away from officers when he hit Muj Gjocaj at Bainbridge Avenue and East Mosholu Parkway South. City records say the 74-year-old pedestrian was crossing with the signal at the intersection. Gjocaj was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition and died the next day, the Daily News reported. The same crash injured two motorists, identified in the article as a 66-year-old Toyota Corolla driver and her 87-year-old passenger. Police charged Nazario with possession of stolen property, car theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle. The official vehicle record lists unsafe speed and traffic control disregarded for the Honda, while the broader crash record lists aggressive driving or road rage.
Police said a fleeing driver hit a man in the intersection
Police said Reynaldo Nazario, 46, was driving a stolen Honda CR-V near Bainbridge Avenue and East Mosholu Parkway South on the morning of June 29, 2023, while trying to get away from officers. The Daily News, citing police, reported that he hit 74-year-old pedestrian Muj Gjocaj in a crash in which a Toyota Corolla driver crashed into him.
City records placed the crash at 9:32 a.m. and recorded one pedestrian death and two motorist injuries. The fatal pedestrian record says the man was at the intersection and crossing with the signal.
Muj Gjocaj died after a day in the hospital
The Daily News identified the pedestrian as Muj Gjocaj and reported that he remained in critical condition at St. Barnabas Hospital for a day before dying. City records identify the person killed as a 74-year-old male pedestrian.
Two women in the Toyota were seriously injured, according to the Daily News: the 66-year-old driver and an 87-year-old passenger, both taken to St. Barnabas Hospital. City records also counted two injured motorists.
Nazario was arrested on stolen-car charges
Police took Nazario into custody and charged him with possession of stolen property, car theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle, the Daily News reported. The article said officers began pursuing him after determining the Honda had been stolen from a Bronx street two days earlier.
The accounts differ on vehicle directions
The Daily News reported that the Toyota driver was heading south on the parkway when the crash occurred. City vehicle records list the Toyota sedan traveling east and the Honda SUV traveling south, with both drivers going straight ahead before impact.
A Bronx parkway intersection on a high-crash corridor
The crash was recorded at East Mosholu Parkway South and Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx.
CrashCountNYC's Bainbridge Avenue corridor context counted 424 crashes, 222 injuries, 17 serious injuries and 4 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.