Drivers struck a pedestrian in a fatal Woodhaven Boulevard crash.
Police told QNS that drivers in a Toyota and a Jeep struck a pedestrian in successive impacts on Woodhaven Boulevard; the city recorded one pedestrian death there at 6:49 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2024.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police told QNS that a driver in a Toyota struck a pedestrian after he fell into southbound lanes near 91st Avenue; the impact sent him into northbound lanes, where a driver in a Jeep struck him again. The city record lists one pedestrian death in the crash at 6:49 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2024. The sources give different ages for the pedestrian and different model years for the Jeep.
Police described two impacts.
QNS reported that police said the pedestrian was crossing mid-block near 91st Avenue when he fell onto the center median and then into the southbound lanes. A driver in a 2002 Toyota struck him. The impact sent him into the northbound lanes, where a Jeep driver struck him again.
The sources give different ages for the pedestrian.
The official crash record lists the pedestrian as 47; QNS described him as 51.
The Jeep’s model year differs by source.
The city record classifies both vehicles as sedans and lists a southbound 2002 Toyota and a northbound 2002 Jeep. QNS also reports a 2002 Toyota, but describes the northbound driver’s Jeep as a 2008 model.
The drivers stayed as police investigated.
QNS reported that EMS took the man to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Both drivers and their vehicles remained at the scene. As of the Jan. 2 report, police had made no arrests and the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
Where
WOODHAVEN BOULEVARD