Driver Dies After Hitting Parked Tractor-Trailer on Bronx I-95
At about 10:20 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2024, Edwin Seixas, 40, died after he drove a Dodge Journey into an unoccupied tractor-trailer on the southbound New England Thruway near Baychester Avenue, police said.
What We Know
Police said Edwin Seixas was driving a Dodge Journey south on the New England Thruway near Baychester Avenue at about 10:20 p.m. when he collided with a tractor-trailer that was parked and unoccupied after an earlier collision. The official record lists one motorist killed and no other injuries. Medics took Seixas, a 40-year-old Norwalk, Connecticut, resident, to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police said the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate.
Police said a southbound driver collided with an unoccupied rig
NYPD officials said Edwin Seixas was operating a 2016 Dodge Journey southbound on the New England Thruway when he collided with a 2018 tractor-trailer near Baychester Avenue at about 10:20 p.m. The tractor-trailer was unoccupied after being involved in a previous collision.
The crash happened on the New England Thruway near Baychester Avenue
The official record places the crash on the New England Thruway. Police accounts cited the southbound side of the I-95 corridor near Baychester Avenue in the East Bronx, west of Co-op City.
Edwin Seixas was the motorist who died
Police identified the driver as Edwin Seixas, 40, of Norwalk, Connecticut. EMS took him to Jacobi Medical Center in Morris Park, where he was pronounced dead.
NYPD investigators continued reviewing the fatal collision
Norwood News reported that the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad was continuing the investigation. The same report noted that, in fatal collision investigations, NYPD handles criminal aspects while the city transportation department reviews street design at the location of such crashes.