Three people, including two children, were injured after a five-vehicle, chain-reaction crash took place along Sedgwick Avenue in Fordham Manor.

 

City officials said. FDNY spokesperson, Jim Long, who oversees EMS, said the crash was reported outside 2559 Sedgwick Avenue, between West Kingsbridge Road and Bailey Avenue at 1:37 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

 

Long said paramedics treated three people at the scene, with one victim declining further medical attention. They said two patients were transported to St. Barnabas Hospital. Long was unable to provide any further information on the patients or their conditions.

Meanwhile, a police spokesperson told Norwood News, “Police responded to a vehicle accident at 2559 Sedgwick Avenue. Upon arrival, it was reported to police that a 2012 Toyota was traveling eastbound on Sedgwick Avenue when it sideswiped a 2017 Honda.”

 

The spokesperson said the force of the impact pushed the 2017 Honda into a 2017 Hyundai, which in turn was pushed into the front bumper of a 2016 Subaru. A 2012 Honda and a 2015 Toyota also suffered damage.

Police said a 5-year-old girl and a 2-year-old girl were transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in “stable” condition. Police were unable to immediately confirm if any arrests or traffic summonses had been issued.

 

On Sunday, Sept. 24, a resident of the block who declined to be identified, said, “I didn’t see it (the crash) but I came out and saw the stuff on the floor…. just headlight pieces, the tail-light pieces, bumper pieces, stuff like that.”

When told of the two children who were injured, the young man responded, “I didn’t hear that; that sucks.” The resident said despite the existence of a speed camera at West Kingsbridge Road which records traffic driving eastbound on Sedgwick Avenue, and a curve in the middle of the block which is the site of several crashes, motorists continue to regularly speed towards Bailey Avenue.

 

Meanwhile, an 8-vehicle crash was reported at Van Cortlandt Park South and Orloff Avenue at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21. The FDNY said the second, multiple-vehicle crash took place at 12.13 p.m. and five aided people were treated at the scene. They said two of the victims declined further medical treatment, two were transported to Montefiore Hospital, and one was taken to Presbyterian Hospital’s Allen Pavilion. Their conditions were not immediately known.

When contacted about the second incident, a police spokesperson said at the time, “There is nothing on file with the information provided.”

 

Editor’s Note: In the print version of this story published in our latest print edition [Sept. 28-Oct. 11, 2023], the neighborhood where the crash took place was incorrectly referenced as Kingsbridge Heights. We apologize for the error.