Driver Dies After Jerome Avenue Crash by Woodlawn Cemetery
Jonathan Ramos-Robles, 30, died after police said he lost control of a Honda Odyssey and hit a tree outside Woodlawn Cemetery; city records put the 3:20 a.m. Bronx crash at Jerome and Bainbridge avenues and cited unsafe speed.
What We Know
Jonathan Ramos-Robles was driving north on Jerome Avenue near Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx at about 3:20 a.m. when police said he lost control of a Honda Odyssey and hit a tree outside Woodlawn Cemetery. Ramos-Robles died at the scene. Medics took a 42-year-old woman who was riding with him to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition. City crash records recorded one motorist killed, one motorist injured and cited unsafe speed.
Police said the driver lost control before hitting a tree
Police said Jonathan Ramos-Robles was driving a Honda Odyssey north on Jerome Avenue near Bainbridge Avenue at about 3:20 a.m. when he lost control and hit a tree outside Woodlawn Cemetery.
Jerome Avenue has seen repeated harm
The crash happened at Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx, near Woodlawn Cemetery.
On Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, CrashCountNYC recorded 1,635 crashes, 1,085 injuries, 94 serious injuries and 9 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
One driver died and one passenger was critically hurt
City records identified the person killed as the driver, a 30-year-old man. The Daily News, citing police, named him as Jonathan Ramos-Robles and reported that he lived just blocks from the crash scene.
City records recorded two occupants and one injured motorist. The police account reported that the injured passenger was a 42-year-old woman.
Records and police described a Honda Odyssey
The police account identified the vehicle Ramos-Robles was driving as a Honda Odyssey. A detailed city vehicle record described a 2012 minivan traveling north and going straight ahead before the crash.
City records also describe left-side door impact and demolished damage. The city crash summary classified the vehicle as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle, while the detailed vehicle entry classified it as a minivan.
Unsafe speed was cited
City crash records cited unsafe speed as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News that Ramos-Robles was traveling north when he lost control before the impact.