Driver lost control before fatal Hutchinson Parkway crash
A 40-year-old driver lost control and hit a guardrail on the Hutchinson River Parkway, police told the Bronx Times; the official record counts one death and six injuries in the Dec. 21, 2024, crash.
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What We Know
Police told the Bronx Times that a 40-year-old man driving a silver 2004 Hyundai Elantra northbound lost control and hit a guardrail, triggering a chain-reaction crash involving nine other vehicles. The newspaper identified passenger Katherine Cox, 45, of New Haven, Connecticut, and reported that she was critically injured and later pronounced dead at Jacobi Hospital. The official record lists one death and six injuries and cites slippery pavement as a contributing factor; the newspaper reported that the Hyundai driver and six others were injured.
Police described a guardrail impact before the chain reaction.
Police told the Bronx Times that a 40-year-old man driving northbound lost control of a silver 2004 Hyundai Elantra and hit a guardrail. They said the impact triggered a chain-reaction collision involving nine other vehicles.
The official record lists ten vehicles and cites slippery pavement as a contributing factor. It counts six injured people; the Bronx Times reported that the Hyundai driver and six others were injured.
The crash was on the parkway's northbound lanes.
The official record places the crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway at 4:09 a.m. on Dec. 21, 2024. The Bronx Times reported that officers responded near the northbound lanes within the 45th Precinct.
Reports identify Cox's car as a Hyundai.
The Bronx Times described the car as a silver 2004 Hyundai Elantra, driven northbound by a 40-year-old man. The official record describes the vehicle associated with the fatal passenger as a 2004 Hyundai sedan.
Katherine Cox was taken to Jacobi Hospital.
The Bronx Times identified Hyundai passenger Katherine Cox, 45, of New Haven, Connecticut. It reported that she was critically injured and later pronounced dead at Jacobi Hospital.
The NYPD investigation remained open.
The Bronx Times reported that no arrests had been made and that the NYPD investigation was ongoing.