Driver Dies After Leaving New England Thruway in the Bronx
At 6:57 p.m. on May 26, 2022, police said a 25-year-old Mercedes driver sped off the New England Thruway near Pelham Bay Park West, hit a Bronx garage and died after being ejected; the official record lists unsafe speed and one injured motorist.
What We Know
The city crash record lists unsafe speed, and the Daily News reported that police said the 25-year-old Mercedes driver was southbound near Pelham Bay Park West just before 7 p.m. when he sped off the New England Thruway, went down an embankment and hit a garage. The official record identifies the person killed as the male driver and records one other motorist injured. The article said the passenger was a 28-year-old woman with leg injuries who was taken to Jacobi Hospital. A witness described loud screeching and said he saw the driver head toward a house before the impact.
Police said the driver left the thruway at speed
The Daily News, citing police, reported that the 25-year-old driver was traveling south near Pelham Bay Park West just before 7 p.m. when he sped off the road, went down an embankment and hit a garage. The city crash record places the crash at 6:57 p.m. on the New England Thruway and lists unsafe speed.
Where the roadway met homes near Pelham Bay Park West
The official record lists the crash on the New England Thruway. The Daily News reported that NYPD Highway Patrol investigators examined the Mercedes near exit 14 after the driver went down an embankment and the impact occurred at a garage at 2555 Pelham Bay Park West.
The driver died, and the passenger was taken to Jacobi
The person killed was a 25-year-old male driver, according to the official record. The Daily News described him as the Mercedes Benz driver and reported that a 28-year-old woman riding as a passenger suffered leg injuries and was taken to Jacobi Hospital.
Unsafe speed appears in both the city record and the police account
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as the contributing factor. The Daily News, citing police, also reported that the driver sped off the road, and a witness described hearing loud screeching before the impact.
A witness described the scene as horrible
A neighbor told the Daily News he ran toward the crash after hearing loud screeching and seeing the driver head toward the house. He said seeing the ejected driver was a horrible thing to witness.