Driver in Pickup Hits and Kills Bronx Cyclist in Soundview
A 66-year-old bicyclist died after a 24-year-old driver in a GMC pickup hit him just before noon at Commonwealth and Westchester avenues in Soundview, matching the city record of one cyclist killed.
What We Know
Police told the Daily News that the 66-year-old Bronx bicyclist was pedaling east on Westchester Avenue just before noon when a 24-year-old man driving a GMC pickup north on Commonwealth Avenue hit him at the Soundview intersection. The city crash record lists one cyclist killed and no other injuries. EMS took the rider to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police said no arrests had been made and the investigation was ongoing.
What police said happened
Police told the Daily News that a 24-year-old man driving a GMC pickup north on Commonwealth Avenue hit a 66-year-old bicyclist who was pedaling east on Westchester Avenue just before noon on Oct. 19, 2024. The city crash record lists one cyclist killed and no other injuries.
The Soundview intersection sits on a high-crash corridor
The crash happened at Commonwealth Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx. CrashCountNYC location data for Westchester Avenue in the Bronx shows 1,543 crashes, 1,023 injuries, 97 serious injuries and 7 deaths since 2022.
The people involved
The city record identifies the person killed as a 66-year-old male bicyclist. The Daily News, citing police, described him as a Bronx bicyclist and reported that EMS took him to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Police told the Daily News the pickup driver was a 24-year-old man. The city record lists one occupant in the pickup and no motorist injuries.
Recorded movements before the collision
The city record lists a 2022 GMC pickup and a bike. It records the pickup driver going straight north and the bicyclist going straight east before the crash. The Daily News account reported the same northbound and eastbound movements.
What investigators recorded afterward
The city crash record assigns a pedestrian or bicyclist error/confusion factor to the bike entry. Police told the Daily News that no arrests had been made and that the investigation remained ongoing.