Passenger Killed After Bronx Driver Hits Traffic Signal Pole
A 23-year-old BMW driver merged on Metropolitan Avenue overnight. Both men were thrown from the car. The 20-year-old passenger died from crush injuries to his head while the driver lived to walk away from the wreck he drove.
What We Know
The city crash record places the collision at Metropolitan Avenue and Aileen B Ryan Oval at 1:26 a.m. on Aug. 3, 2024, and lists a southbound 2020 BMW sedan with two occupants. Police told amNewYork that the 23-year-old driver hit a traffic signal pole at Metropolitan Oval in Parkchester. Jose Davila, 20, of Unionport, was riding as a passenger; officers declared him dead at the scene. The driver was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition. The official record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured.
Police said the driver hit a traffic signal pole
The city crash record places the crash at 1:26 a.m. on Aug. 3, 2024, at Metropolitan Avenue and Aileen B Ryan Oval in the Bronx.
Police told amNewYork that a 23-year-old man was driving a BMW sedan south on Metropolitan Avenue when he hit a traffic signal pole at the Metropolitan Oval in Parkchester.
Police said both men in the sedan were ejected.
Jose Davila was the passenger who died
Police identified the passenger as Jose Davila, 20, of Unionport. The official record lists the person killed as a 20-year-old male front-seat passenger.
Officers declared Davila dead at the scene, while the 23-year-old driver was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition, police told amNewYork.
The driver was hospitalized in critical condition
Police told amNewYork that the driver was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition after the crash. The outlet also cited NYPD statistics showing traffic deaths up 17.4 percent in the Bronx and 5.4 percent citywide so far that year.
Where
Metropolitan Ave & Aileen B Ryan Oval