Passenger dies after Tesla driver rear-ends sedan near JFK
A 54-year-old front-seat passenger died after a 52-year-old man driving a 2023 Tesla Model Y rear-ended a Ford Fusion on Rockaway Boulevard at Brewer Boulevard in Queens on Oct. 29, 2023, according to city crash data and police details reported by the Daily News.
What We Know
A 54-year-old woman riding in the front passenger seat of a 2023 Tesla Model Y died after the man driving east on Rockaway Boulevard rear-ended a 2010 Ford Fusion near Brewer Boulevard, according to police details reported by the Daily News. The article reported that the Tesla driver then hit a stationary 2002 International utility truck in the opposite lanes. City crash data records one motorist killed and one motorist injured at Rockaway Boulevard and Brewer Boulevard, with driver inexperience listed as a contributing factor.
Police described a three-vehicle crash near JFK
The Daily News reported that a 52-year-old man driving a black 2023 Tesla Model Y east on Rockaway Boulevard rear-ended a gray 2010 Ford Fusion near Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. Police told the paper the Tesla driver then hit a white 2002 International utility truck that was stationary in the opposite lanes.
City crash data records the crash at 1:35 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2023; the Daily News reported it happened about 1:50 p.m. The official record lists the Tesla and Ford drivers as traveling east before the crash and the International driver as making a left turn.
A front-seat passenger died; the Tesla driver was injured
The official record identifies the person killed as a 54-year-old female passenger riding in the front seat of the SUV. The Daily News reported that medics took her to Jamaica Hospital, where she could not be saved.
The Daily News reported that the Tesla driver was taken to the same hospital in stable condition and that the other two drivers were not hurt.
Rockaway Boulevard has a heavy recent crash toll
The crash happened at Rockaway Boulevard and Brewer Boulevard in Queens, just outside Kennedy Airport, according to the official record and the Daily News.
CrashCountNYC location context for Rockaway Boulevard in Queens counts 1,571 crashes, 1,088 injuries, 54 serious injuries and 2 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
The public record did not show a charge in the first report
The Daily News reported the day after the crash that it was not yet clear whether the Tesla driver would be charged.