Motorcycle Driver and Passenger Killed in Bronx Tree Crash
A 21-year-old motorcycle driver and a passenger died at Commerce Avenue and Newbold Avenue early Aug. 11, 2024, after police said riders on a Yamaha motorcycle hit a tree at high speed.
What We Know
The city crash record reports that two people on a motorcycle were killed at Commerce Avenue and Newbold Avenue in the Bronx at about 12:48 a.m. on Aug. 11, 2024. Police told amNewYork that the riders were on a Yamaha motorcycle and hit a tree while apparently traveling at a high rate of speed. The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor, records the 21-year-old driver as unlicensed, and also lists improper turning for the motorcycle. The passenger's age differs by source: the city record lists a 13-year-old boy, while amNewYork reported that the second person appeared to be in his 20s.
Police described a high-speed crash into a tree
The crash record places the collision at Commerce Avenue and Newbold Avenue in the Bronx at 12:48 a.m. on Aug. 11, 2024, and records two motorists killed. Police told amNewYork that two people riding a Yamaha motorcycle hit a tree at the intersection while apparently traveling at a high rate of speed.
Two riders died at the scene
The official record lists the driver as a 21-year-old man and the passenger as a 13-year-old boy. amNewYork reported that police described the riders as a 21-year-old man and another person who appeared to be in his 20s, and said both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Speed is listed in both accounts
The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and also lists improper turning for the motorcycle. The same record identifies the 21-year-old driver as unlicensed. amNewYork reported that police said the riders appeared to have been traveling at a high rate of speed.
The crash happened at Commerce and Newbold avenues
The intersection is in the Bronx ZIP code 10462. amNewYork described the location as Commerce Avenue and Newbold Avenue in Unionport and noted that another serious motorcycle crash had occurred at the same intersection in 2015.