Fatal crash

Speeding Driver Kills 23-Year-Old in Queens

A driver barreling down 101st Street hit a 23-year-old man in the roadway and killed him late at night in the rain. Police recorded unsafe speed and slippery pavement in yet another preventable Queens death.

1fatality
July 31, 2025date
11:32 p.m.time

What We Know

According to the police report, a 31-year-old man driving a 2021 Infiniti sedan south on 101st Street hit a 23-year-old man who was in the roadway. The pedestrian was killed and suffered crush injuries to his entire body. Police recorded unsafe speed and slippery pavement as contributing factors in the late-night Queens crash.

People

  • Pedestrian killed

    Age 23; Male; Pedestrian location: Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection; Pedestrian action: Other Actions in Roadway; Injury: Killed

Vehicles

  • Sedan

    2021 INFI -CAR/SUV; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Center Front End; Damage: Center Front End; Driver license status: Licensed; Contributing factor: Unsafe Speed; Second contributing factor: Pavement Slippery

  • Sedan

    2021 INFI -CAR/SUV; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Center Front End; Damage: Center Front End; Driver license status: Licensed; Contributing factor: Unsafe Speed; Second contributing factor: Pavement Slippery

Where

103-53 101st St, Queens

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