Bronx Passenger Killed After Driver Hits Traffic 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
Jose Davila, 20, of Unionport, was riding in the front passenger seat of a BMW sedan early on Aug. 3, 2024, when a 23-year-old driver was traveling south on Metropolitan Avenue and hit a traffic signal pole at Metropolitan Oval in Parkchester, according to amNewYork and the official crash record. The official record places the crash at Metropolitan Avenue and Aileen B Ryan Oval at about 1:26 a.m. and lists one motorist killed and one injured. Police told amNewYork that both men were ejected; officers declared Davila dead at the scene, and the driver was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition.
Early-morning crash at Metropolitan Oval
The official crash record lists the crash at about 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 Metropolitan Oval in Parkchester.
The official record lists two occupants in the sedan: one motorist killed and one injured. Police said both men were ejected from the BMW.
Jose Davila died at the scene
amNewYork 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.
Police told amNewYork that officers declared Davila dead at the scene. The 23-year-old driver was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition.
Bronx traffic deaths were rising
amNewYork reported that traffic deaths in the Bronx were up 17.4 percent so far in 2024 at the time of the crash, citing NYPD statistics, with citywide traffic deaths up 5.4 percent.
Where
Metropolitan Ave & Aileen B Ryan Oval