Driver dies in Bruckner Boulevard crash involving two trucks.
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Angie Miguel, 29, lost control at a Bruckner Boulevard curve before a crash near Whittier Street at 4:39 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2025, that killed her and injured four others, according to police and the crash record.
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What We Know
Police told the Daily News that Miguel lost control at a curve and spun toward two trucks slowing for a red light; the paper described her sedan rotating into one truck's rear, followed by that truck's driver rear-ending the truck ahead. News 12 reported an initial collision with a box truck and said investigators were still determining how a tractor-trailer became involved. The crash record lists northbound travel, while press accounts describe eastbound travel.
Reports describe different sequences.
Police told the Daily News that Miguel lost control at a curve and spun toward two trucks slowing for a red light. The paper reported that her sedan rotated into one truck's rear, after which that truck's driver rear-ended the truck ahead.
News 12 instead reported that Miguel first collided with a box truck driven by a 26-year-old man. It said a 29-year-old man driving a 2024 tractor-trailer became involved moments later, but investigators were still determining how.
The crash record lists all three vehicles as traveling north; the Daily News and News 12 describe eastbound travel.
Miguel was preparing for a new career.
El Diario reported that Miguel lived in New Haven, had an 8-year-old daughter and had worked at a hospital. Her mother, Karen Guity, said Miguel was studying to become a real estate agent and hoped the work would give her more time with her daughter.
Guity said Miguel was returning to New Haven after a concert by Trey Songz and Ne-Yo. She remembered her daughter as a loving and attentive mother.
The Daily News reported that responders took Miguel, her two passengers and both truck drivers to Lincoln Hospital, where Miguel died. News 12 identified the passengers as a 26-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man, and reported that the four other people were stable.
The record and news reports describe the vehicles differently.
The crash record lists a 2016 sedan, a 2025 box truck and a 2024 diesel tractor truck. The Daily News described Miguel's car as a white 2016 Infiniti sedan; News 12 called the 2024 vehicle a tractor-trailer and identified a 26-year-old man as the box-truck driver and a 29-year-old man as the tractor-trailer driver.
The record cites unsafe speed.
The crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the sedan. The Daily News reported that police said Miguel was traveling at high speed when she lost control at the curve.
The crash happened near a curve over the Bronx River.
The crash record places the collision at Bruckner Boulevard and Whittier Street in the Bronx. The Daily News described a right-hand curve where Bruckner Boulevard crosses the Bronx River, which it said Miguel was negotiating when she lost control. News 12 placed the crash near Sheridan Avenue.