Driver Hits Man Who Dies on Bronx's Bruckner Expressway
A 65-year-old Lexus driver hit a 36-year-old man near the Stratford Avenue exit on the Bruckner Expressway on November 27, 2023; another report says multiple drivers struck him.
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What We Know
A 36-year-old man died after being struck on the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx at about 9:07 p.m. on November 27, 2023. amNY reports that a 65-year-old Lexus driver hit him in the eastbound lanes near the Stratford Avenue exit in Soundview. The official record lists one eastbound station wagon or SUV. In a different account, 1010 WINS/WCBS 880 reports that multiple drivers struck the man. Both reports say the drivers stayed at the scene. Police were investigating how the man came to be on the expressway.
Accounts differ on how many drivers struck the man
The official record documents one pedestrian death at 9:07 p.m. and lists one vehicle traveling east: a 2015 station wagon or SUV. amNY reports that a 65-year-old Lexus driver hit the man. Citing police, 1010 WINS/WCBS 880 instead reports that multiple drivers struck him.
Eastbound Bruckner Expressway near Stratford Avenue
amNY places the collision in the eastbound lanes near the Stratford Avenue exit in Soundview. 1010 WINS/WCBS 880 reports that police were investigating how the man got onto the expressway, where access on foot is difficult.
Drivers stayed as police investigated
amNY reports that the Lexus driver stayed at the scene and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. 1010 WINS/WCBS 880 reports that the drivers stayed and that no arrests had been reported as of November 28.