Driver dies after Cross Bronx Expressway rear-end crash
A 38-year-old driver was killed on the Cross Bronx Expressway near Jerome Avenue after police said he hit the back of a tractor trailer that was stopped in heavy traffic.
What We Know
A 38-year-old driver died early Feb. 16, 2024, after a crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway near Jerome Avenue. Gothamist, citing the NYPD, reported that the man was driving a Chevrolet Trax just before 2 a.m. when he hit the back of a tractor trailer stopped in heavy traffic. City crash data records one motorist killed, no other injuries, a tractor truck diesel and a Chevrolet SUV involved, and Driver Inattention/Distraction as a contributing factor for the Chevrolet driver. The truck driver stayed at the scene, and police made no arrests, Gothamist reported. The official record lists both drivers traveling east; the article reported both vehicles were headed northbound.
Police said the Chevrolet driver hit a stopped tractor trailer
The crash happened just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 16, 2024, on the Cross Bronx Expressway near Jerome Avenue. Gothamist, citing the NYPD, reported that a 38-year-old man was driving a Chevrolet Trax when he hit the back of a tractor trailer that was stopped in heavy traffic.
City crash data records one motorist killed and no other injuries. The official vehicle record lists a 2018 Chevrolet SUV with front-end damage and a 2022 diesel tractor truck with rear-end damage.
The driver died at St. Barnabas Hospital
The 38-year-old Chevrolet driver was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, Gothamist reported. City crash data identifies the person killed as the driver and sole occupant of the Chevrolet.
Gothamist reported that the 49-year-old tractor trailer driver stayed at the scene and that police made no arrests.
The crash shut part of a major Bronx highway
The crash was reported on the Cross Bronx Expressway near Jerome Avenue. Gothamist reported that a section of the expressway was closed while police investigated, and that the city emergency notification system warned of heavy delays as the Friday morning commute began.
The official record lists both drivers traveling east. Gothamist reported that police described both vehicles as headed northbound.