NYPD highway officer strikes pedestrian in fatal Van Wyck Expressway crash.
The Queens Daily Eagle reported that an NYPD highway officer struck a 23-year-old pedestrian near Liberty Avenue on the Van Wyck Expressway; the official crash record logs one pedestrian death on the expressway at 4:33 a.m. on May 19, 2024.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
The official record lists one pedestrian death on the Van Wyck Expressway at 4:33 a.m. on May 19, 2024. The Queens Daily Eagle reported that an NYPD highway officer struck a 23-year-old man walking on the highway near Liberty Avenue and that he was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital. The newspaper said the officer was changing lanes while responding to another incident; the official record describes the driver's movement as going straight ahead southbound. The newspaper described an NYPD patrol vehicle, while the official record lists a 2020 sedan.
Reports differ on the officer's movement and vehicle.
The Queens Daily Eagle reported that a highway officer driving an NYPD patrol vehicle struck the man while changing lanes to respond to another incident. The official record describes the driver's movement as going straight ahead southbound and lists a 2020 sedan. The accounts differ on both the movement and the vehicle description.
The crash was on the Van Wyck Expressway.
The official record places the crash on the Van Wyck Expressway at 4:33 a.m. on May 19, 2024. The Queens Daily Eagle located it on the southbound expressway near Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill.
The man was taken to Jamaica Hospital.
The Queens Daily Eagle reported that the 23-year-old man was taken to Jamaica Hospital and pronounced dead there. The article also reported that the officer remained at the scene.