Two passengers killed in Bronx sedan-SUV collision
Drivers in a sedan and an SUV collided at Park Avenue and Claremont Parkway in the Bronx on Oct. 12, 2024, killing two passengers; police told the Daily News the men were in a Honda and died at St. Barnabas Hospital.
What We Know
A driver in a sedan and a driver in an SUV collided at Park Avenue and Claremont Parkway in the Bronx at about 9:32 p.m. on Oct. 12, 2024. The city crash record says two male passengers, ages 32 and 24, were killed and two motorists were injured. The Daily News, citing police, reported that two men in a Honda died at St. Barnabas Hospital and two other Honda occupants were seriously hurt but stable. The sources disagree on one victim's age: the city record lists the killed passengers as 32 and 24, while the police account reported by the Daily News listed them as 24 and 25. The city record notes traffic-control disregard for the sedan; police said the crash remained under investigation with no arrests reported the next morning.
The collision involved a sedan and an SUV
The city crash record places the collision at 9:32 p.m. on Oct. 12, 2024, at Park Avenue and Claremont Parkway in the Bronx. It records two motorists killed and two motorists injured in a collision involving a sedan and a station wagon or sport utility vehicle.
The Daily News, citing police, reported that four men were riding in a Honda Accord on Park Avenue when the Honda's driver and a Toyota Highlander driver collided. The article said two men in the Honda died at St. Barnabas Hospital and two other Honda occupants were taken there in serious but stable condition.
Two passengers were killed
The official record identifies the people killed as male passengers, ages 32 and 24. The Daily News reported, based on police information, that the two men who died were ages 24 and 25, creating a conflict with the city record on one victim's age.
The Daily News reported that two other Honda occupants, ages 27 and 30, were hospitalized in serious but stable condition. Police told the paper the Toyota's occupants were not hurt.
Source records differ on travel direction
The official record lists the sedan traveling north and the SUV traveling west, with both drivers going straight ahead before the collision. The Daily News reported that the Honda was heading north on Park Avenue and that the Toyota driver was going east on Claremont Parkway.
The city record flags traffic-control disregard
For the sedan, the city crash record includes traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor. The Daily News reported that police had made no arrests by Sunday morning and were still investigating what happened.
Park Avenue has seen repeated severe crashes
The crash happened at Park Avenue and Claremont Parkway in the Bronx. CrashCountNYC's location context for Park Avenue in the Bronx counts 614 crashes, 336 injuries, 25 serious injuries and 5 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.