Recent severe crashes

1. Motorcycle rider killed in Woodside box truck crash 2026-07-02T11:45:00+00:00
   Queens
   Police said a 57-year-old box truck driver turned right in Woodside before a 25-year-old motorcycle rider hit the truck and died at the scene.
   Police said the motorcycle rider and a 57-year-old box truck driver were both traveling west on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside around 7:45 a.m. when the driver turned right onto 64th Street. The rider hit the passenger side of the turning truck, was thrown from his Kawasaki motorcycle, and died at the scene. The Daily News reported that video showed the driver first moving left toward the middle of Roosevelt Avenue before cutting right for the turn; police were also investigating whether the rider had been traveling between lanes. The driver remained at the scene, and police said no arrests had been made.
2. Bus Driver Sideswiped Sedan Before Fatal LIE Rollover 2026-06-30T03:45:00+00:00
   Queens
   Police said a coach bus driver sideswiped a Honda near Exit 16 on the Long Island Expressway, leading to a rollover that left him and Moad Farid Mohd Obaidat dead.
   Police told the Daily News that a 35-year-old coach bus driver was carrying a JFK Airport flight crew west on the Long Island Expressway in Sunnyside late Monday when he sideswiped a Honda Accord near Exit 16 at Greenpoint Avenue. The force of the crash sent the coach bus over the median into the eastbound lanes, where two more vehicles became involved. The bus driver and Moad Farid Mohd Obaidat, 42, a Royal Jordanian Airlines employee, died at the scene. Medics took 19 other people to hospitals, including other bus passengers and the drivers of the four other vehicles involved.
3. Sanitation truck driver kills 19-year-old in Woodside 2026-03-29T23:55:00+00:00
   ROOSEVELT AVE
   Police said Mayra Cruz, driving a Royal Waste Services sanitation truck, killed 19-year-old Nishath Jannath as she crossed in Woodside just before midnight.
   Official crash records record one pedestrian killed just before midnight on March 29 at Roosevelt Avenue and 62nd Street in Queens, with a dump truck listed as traveling north and going straight ahead. Police told outlets the driver was operating a Royal Waste Services private sanitation truck and killed 19-year-old Nishath Jannath as she crossed. Accounts differ: press reports citing police described a turn into a crosswalk, while official crash records place the pedestrian away from an intersection. Police said the driver remained at the scene; qns.com later reported that police identified the driver as Mayra Cruz and arrested her.
4. 75-year-old driver dies on LIE 2026-03-29T08:33:00+00:00
   LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY (CDR)
   A 75-year-old SUV driver died on the Long Island Expressway service road Sunday morning in Queens. Police listed other occupants in the report, but injuries weren’t described.
   According to the police report, a 75-year-old man driving an SUV was killed at 8:33 a.m. on March 29, 2026, on the Long Island Expressway (Cdr) in Queens. Police recorded his injury as death, with chest injury noted. Other occupants were listed; the report does not describe their injuries.
5. Driver’s illness, inattention smash sedans 2026-06-06T21:21:00+00:00
   63 ST
   A driver going straight on 63rd Street at Queens Boulevard hit other cars after police recorded illness and driver inattention. Two 35-year-old drivers reported neck injuries.
   According to the police report, the crash happened June 6, 2026 at 9:21 p.m. on 63rd Street at Queens Boulevard in Queens. Police recorded illness and driver inattention/distraction for a 2020 Kia sedan going straight ahead. Two drivers, ages 35 and 26, were injured with neck injuries. Other occupants were listed; the report does not describe their injuries.