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Police said a 39-year-old man has died following a hit & run car crash in the University Heights section of The Bronx.
They said the incident occurred on Saturday, March 22, at around 3.46 a.m. when police from the 52nd Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a vehicle collision in the vicinity of the Major Deegan Expressway and West Fordham Road.
“Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a 39-year-old male was operating a disabled Ford Crown Victoria sedan on the southbound Major Deegan Expressway,” a police spokesperson said. “The vehicle was stopped when a Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 sedan, that was traveling southbound on the Major Deegan Expressway, collided with the rear of the Ford.”
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Police said EMS responded to the location and transported the 39-year-old male driver to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced deceased. They said the unidentified driver of the Mercedes-Benz fled the location on foot. They said there were no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad.
Police said the deceased has been identified as Darryl Mathis, 39 of Elizabeth, NJ. Nowood News has asked police to clarify what they mean when they said the Ford Crown Victoria sedan was “disabled” i.e. if it was the impact of the collision which caused it to be “disabled,” and will share any feedback we receive.
Source: NYPD via Compstat
With collision investigations, the NYPD say the police handle all criminal aspects of the investigation, while NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) reviews the street design at the locations of such crashes.
Crime statistics, including traffic fatalities, for the 52nd Precinct which covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights, and for the 46th Precinct, which covers some or all of Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mt. Hope.as of March 16, are attached.
Source: NYPD via Compstat
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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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