Driver Hits Man Inspecting Car on Linden Place
Police said Arturo Jimenez, driving a GMC SUV, hit 58-year-old Jose Tejada while Tejada inspected his stopped Dodge on Linden Place, where the official record lists one pedestrian killed and three motorists injured.
What We Know
Jose Tejada, 58, was killed on Oct. 19, 2022, on Linden Place in College Point. The official crash record lists one pedestrian killed and three motorists injured in a crash involving two northbound SUVs. amNewYork reported that Tejada had pulled over after his Dodge started making a strange noise and was inspecting it from the rear when police said Arturo Jimenez, driving a GMC SUV, merged right to pass a truck, hit Tejada and collided with the rear of the Dodge. Police said Jimenez remained at the scene and was arrested for aggravated driving without a license.
What police said happened on Linden Place
The crash happened just before 5 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2022, on Linden Place in College Point. The official record lists one pedestrian killed and three motorists injured.
amNewYork reported that Jose Tejada had pulled over after his Dodge started making a strange noise and got out to inspect it from the rear. Police said Arturo Jimenez, driving a GMC SUV northbound, merged into the right lane to pass a truck, hit Tejada and collided with the rear of the Dodge.
Jose Tejada was taken to a Queens hospital
Police found Tejada, a 58-year-old College Point resident, lying in the roadway with severe bodily trauma, amNewYork reported. He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital in Flushing, where he was pronounced dead.
Records and press accounts describe the Dodge differently
The official crash record lists the stopped Dodge as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle, while amNewYork described it as a Dodge minivan. The official record lists a 2020 GMC SUV with front-end damage and a 2006 Dodge with rear-end damage.
The GMC driver remained at the scene and was arrested
amNewYork reported that Jimenez, 20, of College Point, remained at the scene and was arrested for aggravated driving without a license.
A crash near 28th Avenue and industrial destinations
The official record places the crash on Linden Place. amNewYork reported that police responded to Linden Place and 28th Avenue, near Interstate 678 and large parking lots serving destinations including the College Point Multiplex Cinema, the NYPD Police Academy, a state DMV office, an MTA bus depot and the New York Times distribution center.
amNewYork, citing NYC Crash Mapper, reported that 11 people had been injured in nine crashes near the intersection since 2012.