Driver Sought in Chain Reaction Crash

By DAVID GREENE

TWO VEHICLES ARE seen damaged following a hit and run road collision on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at Jerome Avenue and Minerva Place in Bedford Park.
Photo by Miriam Quiñones

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who veered out of his lane and collided with a truck in Bedford Park. A second vehicle then plowed into the back of the truck.

According to police the crash was reported at 12.20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Jerome Avenue and Minerva Place in Bedford Park.

BYSTANDERS ARE SEEN at the site of a hit and run incident on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at Jerome Avenue and Minerva Place in Bedford Park.
Photo by Miriam Quiñones

They said a 61-year-old male driver was driving a 2002 Ford box truck, heading northbound on Jerome Avenue, when the driver of a Dodge SUV headed southbound crossed over into oncoming traffic, colling with the truck.

They said at the same time, a 49-year-old man driving a 2016 Honda struck the back of the box truck. Police said the driver of the Dodge fled the crash scene on foot.

Fire Department officials said one victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police had no description of the driver of the Dodge vehicle.

A DAMAGED VEHICLE is seen following a hit and run road collision on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at Jerome Avenue and Minerva Place in Bedford Park.
Photo by Miriam Quiñones

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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