Driver loses control in Bronx; passenger dies
A 24-year-old driver lost control near Mohamed Salim's autobody shop, the Daily News reported; city records say unsafe speed preceded the East 233 Street crash that killed Salim, 44, in the front passenger seat.
What We Know
On March 13, 2026, a 24-year-old driver in a 2017 Toyota Highlander lost control on East 233rd Street near Provost Avenue in Baychester, police told the Daily News. City records show unsafe speed as a contributing factor, with one motorist killed and two injured. The Daily News identified the front passenger who died as Mohamed Salim, 44, and reported the crash unfolded in front of House of Benz, the autobody shop his family said he owned. Salim's family said city sanitation equipment had been left near the shop for weeks, and his father alleged it was double-parked.
Official Crash Data
Collision ID
4885110
Date
March 13, 2026
Time
10:29 p.m.
Location
East 233rd St & Provost Ave
Fatalities
1
Motorists killed
1
Vehicles listed
SUV, Station Wagon/Sport Utility Vehicle
Contributing factors listed
Unsafe Speed
Police said the driver lost control
Around 10:30 p.m. on March 13, 2026, a 24-year-old driver in a 2017 Toyota Highlander was on East 233rd Street near Provost Avenue when police said he lost control, the Daily News reported. City crash data records the SUV traveling west and going straight ahead before impact with parked equipment.
The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and records one motorist killed and two injured. Mohamed Salim, 44, was the front passenger who died; the driver and a 44-year-old man in the back seat were taken to Jacobi Hospital and were expected to survive, police told the Daily News.
The crash happened outside Salim's Baychester shop
The collision was recorded at East 233 Street and Provost Avenue in the Bronx. The Daily News placed it in Baychester, in front of House of Benz, a Mercedes auto workshop that Salim's family said he owned after working for Mercedes for more than a decade.
Family members told the Daily News that unused city sanitation equipment had been left near the shop for weeks before the fatal crash.
Mohamed Salim was riding in the front passenger seat
City records describe the person killed as a 44-year-old male front-seat passenger. The Daily News identified him as Mohamed Salim and reported that medics rushed him to Jacobi Hospital, where he could not be saved.
Salim's mother, Bibi Salim, told the Daily News, "My son is gone." She said his death during Ramadan was especially tragic and that she would do charity in his honor.
A Toyota Highlander and parked equipment were involved
The Daily News identified the passenger vehicle as a 2017 Toyota Highlander. The official record lists a 2017 Toyota SUV with three occupants and a parked vehicle with no occupants.
Salim's family described the parked equipment to the Daily News as a city sanitation front-end loader or backhoe, with cones around it. His father, Jidat Kondayya, said a sanitation lot was one block away.
Speed is in the record; the family questioned the parked loader
City crash data lists unsafe speed as the contributing factor for the driver of the SUV.
Kondayya also blamed the city in comments to the Daily News, alleging the front-end loader had been left double-parked for more than two weeks. The article reported the family's allegation; the official crash record does not address whether the equipment was legally parked.
Responders took three people to Jacobi Hospital
Kondayya told the Daily News that firefighters had to cut the doors off to get people out. Police told the paper that Salim, the driver, and the back-seat passenger were taken to Jacobi Hospital; Salim died there, while the other two men were expected to survive.