NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad

UPDATE University Heights: Two Injured in Collision as Driver Crashes into Parked Vehicles at High Speed

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Two people were transported to hospital last week following a road accident on Sedgwick Avenue in University Heights.   The NYPD said that on Thursday, May 19, at approximately 9.05 p.m., the collision took place in front of 2300 Sedgwick Avenue.   A police official said, “An 18-year-old male of The Bronx was operating a 2000 Mercedes-Benz at a high rate of speed, and turned around a bed and lost control of the vehicle, striking three, parked, unoccupied vehicles.”  The police official added, “The driver and [an] 18-year-old male passenger were removed to St. Barnabas Hospital for medical treatment.”


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UPDATE Fordham Manor: One Woman Has Died & A Man is Critical After Two-Vehicle Collision

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
  A woman has died and a 36-year-old man remains in critical condition following a two-vehicle road collision on University Avenue in Fordham Manor.   The NYPD said on Sunday, May 22, at around 10.47 p.m., police officers responded to a 911 call about a motor vehicle collision at 2518 University Avenue.   “Upon arrival, officers observed a 2016 Suzuki motorcycle with extensive damage, a 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300, with driver-side front-end damage, and two aided individuals: a 36-year-old male and an unidentified adult female, both with severe head and body trauma,” the official said.   “EMS also responded to


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Second Young Man Dies after Horrific Morris Park Crash

By DAVID GREENE
The NYPD has confirmed that a second young man has died following a horrific car crash which occurred in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, just eight days before Christmas.   NYPD Detective Denise Moroney said the crash occurred at the intersection of Morris Park Avenue and Haight Avenue at 12.15 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16. Moroney told Norwood News, “Police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision… within the confines of the 49th Precinct.” She continued, “Upon arrival, officers observed a 26-year-old male vehicle operator with severe trauma to the head and a 24-year-old male


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Senior Citizen Critical after being Struck by a Vehicle Crossing the Hutch

By DAVID GREENE
A senior citizen remains in critical condition after trying to cross a busy highway on the Indian Village / Pelham Bay border. According to an unnamed police official, the incident was reported at 12:33 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26.   The police official wrote in an email to the Norwood News the following day, “Police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian struck on the Hutchinson River Parkway, northbound near Pelham Parkway.”   According to the official, officers from the 45th precinct discovered a still-unidentified, 79-year-old man lying in the roadway with trauma to the


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Kingsbridge: 73-Year-Old Woman Hit by Vehicle, Dies

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  On Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 at around 8.58 p.m, police responded to a 911 call regarding a pedestrian who had been hit by a moving vehicle at the intersection of Broadway and West 231st Street, in the 50th precinct.   Upon arrival at the location, police discovered a 73-year-old woman lying on the pavement, with trauma to the head. EMS responded and transported the victim to Bellevue Hospital Center where she was pronounced deceased on Friday, Feb. 19.   A preliminary investigation determined that a vehicle that had been traveling south hit the woman, who had been pushing a


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Pedestrian Struck Crossing Major Deegan Expressway, Dies

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, at approximately 8.20 a.m., police responded to a 911 call about a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian who was struck on the southbound Major Deegan Expressway in the vicinity of Fordham Road, within the confines of the 52nd precinct. Upon arrival, responding officers discovered an unidentified male pedestrian lying on the roadway, with trauma to the body.   EMS responded to the location and pronounced the man deceased at the scene. Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a 2019 white Volkswagen Golf SE, operated by a 28-year-old man,


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