Hit-and-run driver rear-ends man before fatal parkway crash
Police said a hit-and-run driver rear-ended a 66-year-old man near W. 125th St. before a Henry Hudson Parkway crash that city records list as killing one motorist at 2:46 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2022.
What We Know
Police said a hit-and-run driver rear-ended a 66-year-old man who was driving north on the Henry Hudson Parkway near W. 125th St. around 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2022, then left the scene. The man lost control, went into a guardrail and had a medical episode, according to police; medics took him to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he died. City crash records list one motorist killed, no injuries, and lost consciousness as a contributing factor. The city vehicle record describes the occupied vehicle as a sedan, while the police account published by the Daily News described it as a black SUV.
Police described a hit-and-run before the fatal crash
Police said a driver rear-ended the 66-year-old man as he drove north on the Henry Hudson Parkway near W. 125th St. around 2:45 p.m. The man then lost control, went into a guardrail and had a medical episode, according to the police account published by the Daily News.
City records place the crash on Sept. 21, 2022, at 2:46 p.m. on the Henry Hudson Parkway and list one motorist killed with no reported injuries.
Near West 125th Street on the Henry Hudson Parkway
The official crash record places the fatal crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan. Police gave the nearby cross street as W. 125th St., where they said the man had been driving north before the rear-end impact.
The driver who died was 66
The official record identifies the person killed as a 66-year-old male driver. Police said medics took him to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he could not be saved.
Accounts differ on the vehicle description
The city vehicle record describes the occupied vehicle as a 2020 Porsche sedan with two occupants. The Daily News, citing police, described the man as driving a black SUV. The sources agree that he was driving north on the Henry Hudson Parkway before the fatal crash.
Lost consciousness appears in the official record
City records list lost consciousness as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News that the man had an unspecified medical episode after the rear-end impact and loss of control.
Police said the driver who rear-ended him left the scene and that a search was underway after the crash.