Recent severe crashes

1. USPS driver charged in fatal Hell's Kitchen hit-and-run 2026-08-08T09:30:00+00:00
   Manhattan
   Police charged USPS employee James Simmons after they said he hit 66-year-old Chester Mazur with a postal box truck on Ninth Avenue and left the scene.
   Police said Chester "Chet" Mazur, 66, was crossing Ninth Avenue midblock near West 55th Street in Hell's Kitchen shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 8 when USPS employee James Simmons hit him while driving a postal service box truck and did not remain at the scene. Medics took Mazur to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, where he died. Police later arrested Simmons, 61, and prosecutors charged him with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. Friends and relatives remembered Mazur as a longtime New York music figure who had performed in the East Village the night before he was killed.
2. Wrong-Way Driver Charged After Passenger Killed on Henry Hudson 2026-05-03T03:45:00+00:00
   HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY
   Robert Kock, a 26-year-old Subaru driver, was charged after police said he drove the wrong way on Henry Hudson Parkway and killed passenger Ada Rivero.
   At about 3:45 a.m. on May 3, 2026, a crash on Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan killed 65-year-old Ada Rivero and injured two motorists. Police told the Daily News that Robert Kock drove a Subaru uptown against traffic near W. 79th Street and hit a for-hire Toyota Highlander traveling downtown. Rivero, who was riding in the back seat, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and died. The for-hire driver had minor injuries, while Kock had serious injuries. City records list alcohol involvement for the crash and alcohol involvement and traffic-control disregard for the northbound Subaru sedan. Police arrested Kock and charged him with vehicular manslaughter and manslaughter.
3. Driver followed too close, hit cyclist 2026-04-19T17:01:00+00:00
   W 67 ST
   On W 67th Street at Broadway, a driver followed too closely and hit a 42-year-old cyclist. The rider reported knee/lower-leg/foot pain and nausea.
   According to the police report, the crash happened Sunday afternoon at 5:01 p.m. on W 67th Street at Broadway in Manhattan. Police recorded following too closely as a contributing factor. A 60-year-old driver in a sedan and a 42-year-old bicyclist were traveling north when the driver hit the cyclist. The cyclist was injured and reported pain or nausea, with injury noted to the knee/lower leg/foot.
4. Driver followed too close on Henry Hudson 2026-06-07T16:51:00+00:00
   HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY
   On Henry Hudson Parkway, a driver followed too closely and hit another sedan. One 56-year-old driver was injured.
   According to the police report, on June 7, 2026 at about 4:51 p.m., two drivers headed north on the Henry Hudson Parkway when one driver hit another sedan. Police recorded “Following Too Closely” and “Other Vehicular” as contributing factors. A 56-year-old woman listed as a driver was reported injured, with shoulder/upper-arm injury and an internal complaint. Other occupants were listed; the report does not describe their injuries.
5. Distracted driver blows yield, ejects 21-year-old 2026-05-26T18:43:00+00:00
   618 W 52 ST
   Police recorded driver inattention and failure to yield at 618 W 52nd Street. A driver hit another driver, ejecting a 21-year-old man with a fractured or dislocated leg.
   According to the police report, the crash happened around 6:43 p.m. near 618 W 52nd Street in Manhattan. Police recorded driver inattention/distraction and failure to yield right-of-way. A 21-year-old man listed as a driver was injured, ejected, and reported a fracture/distortion/dislocation to his knee/lower leg/foot.