Driver Charged After Pedestrian Killed on Major Deegan
City crash data recorded one pedestrian killed at 1:51 a.m. on the Major Deegan Expressway; police said William Day, driving south in a 2008 Toyota RAV4 near the Macombs Dam Bridge, hit the man.
What We Know
At about 1:51 a.m. on Sept. 2, 2024, a driver in a southbound 2008 Toyota RAV4 hit a man on the Major Deegan Expressway near the Macombs Dam Bridge, according to police accounts and the city crash record. Medics took the man, described by reviewed outlets as around 40, to Lincoln Hospital, where he died. Police identified the driver as William Day, 43, of Yonkers, and said he remained at the scene. Reports agreed that Day was charged after the crash, but they described the counts differently: the Daily News reported attempted unlicensed driving and attempted refusal to take a breath test, while News12 described driving without a license and refusing to take a breath test. The investigation remained open in the reviewed accounts.
Police described an early-morning crash on the expressway
The city crash record lists one pedestrian killed at 1:51 a.m. on Sept. 2, 2024, on the Major Deegan Expressway. Police told news outlets that a driver in a 2008 Toyota RAV4 was traveling south near the Macombs Dam Bridge when he hit the man.
Emergency responders took the man to NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, where he was pronounced dead, according to police accounts reported by the Daily News and Shore News Network.
The crash happened near the Macombs Dam Bridge
The crash was recorded on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Police accounts placed it near the Macombs Dam Bridge and within the 44th Precinct.
The official record places the crash along the expressway and lists the time as 1:51 a.m.; police accounts gave the time as about 1:50 a.m.
Police identified the driver; the man who died had not been named
Police identified the driver as William Day, 43, of Yonkers. The Daily News reported that he remained at the scene after the crash.
The Daily News and Shore News Network reported that the man who died had not yet been publicly identified in their accounts. The Daily News described him as believed to be in his 40s, while News12 described him as 40.
Records and reports describe a southbound Toyota RAV4
The city record lists a 2008 Toyota sport utility vehicle traveling south and going straight ahead before the crash. News reports identified the vehicle as a Toyota RAV4.
The official vehicle record lists two occupants and front-end damage.
Charges were reported, but outlets described them differently
Shore News Network reported that police arrested Day shortly after the crash and charged him at about 3:58 a.m.
The Daily News reported that an NYPD spokeswoman said Day was charged with attempted unlicensed driving and attempted refusal to take a breath test, and that she could not clarify why the charges used the attempted form. News12 reported the counts as driving without a license and refusing to take a breath test.
News12 and Shore News Network reported that the investigation remained ongoing.