Fordham Manor: Two Injured in Jerome Avenue Crash

By DAVID GREENE

A SILVER NISSAN Rogue struck the pillar of the Jerome Avenue subway line adjacent to St. James Park and East 192^nd Street in Fordham Manor on Sunday, June 23, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

Two people were injured in the Fordham Manor neighborhood in an early morning crash when a vehicle struck a pillar of the elevated subway line along Jerome Avenue, City officials said.

According to an FDNY/EMS spokesperson, the crash was reported at 3:52 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, outside St. James Park on Jerome Avenue, between East 190th Street and East 192nd Street.

POLICE OFFICERS AND MTA workers are seen at the scene of an early morning crash on Jerome Avenue and East 192^nd Street in Fordham Manor on Sunday, June 23, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

Both the NYPD and FDNY/EMS said that two victims were transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in an unknown condition.

At the scene of the crash, a half dozen MTA workers were seen examining the train pillar that was struck by the vehicle. Of the impact of the crash to the elevated train tracks, Meghan Keegan of the MTA told Norwood News, “There was no damage as a result of this incident and no impact to [the subway] service.”

MTA WORKERS INSPECT a pillar holding up the elevated train tracks serving the 4 subway which runs over Jerome Avenue after a vehicle struck the pillar at East 192^nd Street in Fordham Manor and two people were injured on Sunday, June 23, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

The NYPD investigates any criminal aspects of collision investigations while NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) reviews the street design at the locations of such crashes.

admin

Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.