Driver Dies After Bronx Snow Plow Rear-End Crash
Kevin Thompson, 41, was driving south on the Major Deegan Expressway just after 4 a.m. when police said he rear-ended a city Sanitation snow plow near West 233rd Street; city records list one motorist killed and one injured.
What We Know
Kevin Thompson, 41, of Morrisania, was driving a black 2015 Acura TLX south on the Major Deegan Expressway just after 4 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2022, when police said he rear-ended a city Sanitation Department snow plow near West 233rd Street in Kingsbridge. City crash records list the Acura driver as the person killed and one other motorist injured. The Daily News, citing police, reported that Thompson died a day later at St. Barnabas Hospital and that the 43-year-old plow driver was hospitalized in stable condition and had not been charged.
Police said the Acura driver rear-ended a snow plow
The crash happened at 4:04 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2022, on the Major Deegan Expressway. City records list a southbound snow plow and a southbound sedan, with rear damage to the plow and front-end damage to the sedan.
The Daily News reported, citing police, that Kevin Thompson was driving a black 2015 Acura TLX south on the Deegan when he rear-ended a city Sanitation Department snow plow near West 233rd Street.
One driver died and another was injured
City records identify the person killed as the 41-year-old male driver of the sedan. The Daily News identified him as Kevin Thompson of Morrisania and reported that he died a day later at St. Barnabas Hospital.
The Daily News reported that the 43-year-old snow plow driver was hospitalized in stable condition and had not been charged.
The crash was reported on the Major Deegan in Kingsbridge
The official crash record places the collision on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. The Daily News, citing police, described the location as near West 233rd Street in Kingsbridge.