Audi Driver Hit Toyota at Bell Blvd Red Light, Killing Driver
A 65-year-old Audi driver hit Davidson Torres Suarez's Toyota at Bell Boulevard and 86th Avenue in Queens, where the official record lists unsafe speed in a crash that killed the 28-year-old driver and injured two passengers.
What We Know
The city crash record places the fatal collision at Bell Boulevard and 86th Avenue in Queens at 9:10 p.m. on April 24, 2026, with two motorists injured and one motorist killed. Police told the Daily News that Davidson Torres Suarez, 28, was stopped at a red light in a 2005 Toyota Corolla when a 65-year-old Audi driver hit him. ABC7 reported investigators said the Audi driver was traveling south on Bell Boulevard before the collision. Both outlets reported that a 30-year-old woman and a 5-year-old boy were hurt in stable condition, that the Audi driver stayed at the scene, and that no immediate arrests were made. The official record lists unsafe speed, and the Daily News reported police believed speed played a factor.
Official Crash Data
Collision ID
4894312
Date
April 24, 2026
Time
9:10 p.m.
Location
Bell Blvd & 86th Ave, Queens
Borough
QUEENS
Fatalities
1
Motorists killed
1
Vehicles listed
Sedan
Contributing factors listed
Unsafe Speed, Traffic Control Disregarded
Police said the Toyota driver was waiting at a red light
The official record lists the crash at 9:10 p.m. on April 24, 2026, at Bell Boulevard and 86th Avenue, with one motorist killed and two motorists injured. The Daily News reported that police said Davidson Torres Suarez was waiting at a red light in his Toyota when a 65-year-old Audi driver hit him about 9:25 p.m.; ABC7 reported the timing as just before 9:30 p.m.
The Daily News reported that the Audi driver continued south on Bell Boulevard and hit a light pole. ABC7 reported that the Audi driver was not injured and remained at the scene.
Davidson Torres Suarez died; two passengers were hurt
The official record lists the person killed as a 28-year-old driver. The Daily News identified him as Davidson Torres Suarez of Rosedale and reported that medics took him to North Shore University Hospital, where he died.
ABC7 and the Daily News reported that a 30-year-old woman and a 5-year-old boy riding in the Toyota were taken to the same hospital in stable condition.
Records and reports describe two sedans moving differently
The official vehicle record lists a 2005 Toyota sedan with three occupants stopped in traffic and a 2008 Audi sedan traveling south and going straight ahead. The Daily News identified the Toyota as a Corolla, while ABC7 described the Audi as blue.
Sources described the Audi body style differently: the city record lists a sedan, while the Daily News called it an Audi coupe.
Speed was listed and reported as a factor
The crash-level official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. In the vehicle entries, the Audi driver's listed factors were unsafe speed and traffic control disregarded, while the Toyota driver was listed as stopped in traffic.
The Daily News reported that police believed speed played a factor in the crash.
Bell Boulevard has seen hundreds of crashes since 2022
The crash happened at Bell Boulevard and 86th Avenue in Queens, according to the city crash record. ABC7's headline and opening sentence described the crash as on the Grand Central Parkway, while the Daily News and the city record placed it at Bell Boulevard and 86th Avenue.
CrashCountNYC location data for Bell Boulevard in Queens shows 416 crashes, 229 injuries, 13 serious injuries and 2 deaths from January 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Police continued the investigation after the crash
ABC7 reported that no arrests had been made and that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. The Daily News reported that the Audi driver faced no immediate charges as police continued to investigate.