A Delivery Rider Died After a Bronx Collision With an MTA Bus.
Delivery rider Andy Peralta, 32, died after a collision involving an MTA bus at West Mosholu Parkway South and Jerome Avenue at 5:14 p.m. on April 8, 2026; press accounts differ about his movements immediately before impact.
Approximate reported location.
What We Know
At 5:14 p.m. on April 8, 2026, city records list one motorist killed at West Mosholu Parkway South and Jerome Avenue. AmNewYork identified the rider as delivery worker Andy Peralta, 32, and reported that he died at St. Barnabas Hospital after responders took him there. Its account and Norwood News say he turned left from Jerome Avenue and traveled west against traffic; an earlier Daily News account instead says a rider going west on Jerome made a U-turn. Reports also differ on police pursuit: Daily News said an NYPD spokesman could not say whether officers were pursuing Peralta at the crash, while News 12 later reported police described a brief chase. Peralta's family later sought a full review of police involvement.
Reports differ about the rider's final movements.
The city record lists one motorist killed in a crash at 5:14 p.m. on April 8, 2026, at West Mosholu Parkway South and Jerome Avenue. AmNewYork identified the rider as 32-year-old Andy Peralta and reported that he was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
AmNewYork's account, attributed to police, says Peralta rode north on Jerome Avenue, turned left onto West Mosholu Parkway South and then traveled west against traffic as the bus traveled east; it places the impact at the bus's front driver-side corner. Norwood News published a similar sequence. An earlier Daily News report instead said he was riding west on Jerome Avenue and making a U-turn near East Mosholu Parkway; News 12 also characterized the crash as head-on. The accounts differ on his approach and turn.
AmNewYork reported that none of the roughly 20 passengers aboard the bus reported injuries and that the bus driver remained at the scene.
The site is beside a subway station and near Tracey Towers.
The crash record places the collision at West Mosholu Parkway South and Jerome Avenue. AmNewYork locates the site by the elevated Mosholu Parkway 4 train station; Norwood News identifies the area as Bedford Park, near Tracey Towers.
Peralta had worked as a food-delivery driver for years.
The Daily News reported that Peralta had delivered for Uber Eats for more than five years and lived with his mother in University Heights; the paper said his mother helped buy his scooter. Norwood News identified him as being from Charlotte Gardens. Friends told News 12 he was an Uber Eats driver and was between orders when the incident began.
Reports use different names for Peralta's ride.
The official record identifies a motorcycle made by Taizhou, traveling west, and a bus traveling east. AmNewYork and Norwood News describe Peralta's ride as a Zhilong motorcycle; the Daily News calls it a 2025 Zhilong scooter, while News 12 calls it a moped. Norwood News identifies the bus as a 2019 Novabus driven by a 30-year-old woman; the Daily News and News 12 call it a Bx28 bus.
Police accounts and the family's questions remain central.
The Daily News reported that officers tried to stop Peralta about four minutes before the collision; an NYPD spokesman said he could not tell the paper whether a pursuit was active when it happened. News 12 later reported, citing police, that Peralta sped away after officers attempted a stop and led them on a brief chase. Norwood News attributed to an NYPD follow-up report the account that officers saw him traveling against traffic near East 205th Street and Jerome Avenue around 5:10 p.m., tried to stop him, and he made a U-turn and fled.
Peralta's relatives told News 12 that video appeared to show a police car following him, while their attorney questioned whether NYPD reporting accounted for police activity. The family called for a full review and was raising funds for memorial services.