A 15-year-old girl from Manhattan died following a motor vehicle accident in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx, and an 18-year-old male youth who was also involved in the collision has been taken into custody.

 

Police said that on Tuesday, May 28, at around 12.09 p.m., officers from the 52nd Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of West 192nd Street and University Avenue.

“Upon arrival, officers observed an 18-year-old male with minor injuries and a 15-year-old female unconscious and unresponsive with trauma about the head and body,” a police spokesperson said.

 

“EMS responded, pronounced the female deceased on scene, and transported the male to St. Barnabas Hospital where he is listed in stable condition,” the spokesperson added.

 

Police said that a preliminary investigation conducted by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad (CIS) found that a 22-year-old man, the driver of Vehicle #1, a Honda Pilot, had been traveling northbound on University Avenue when he collided with Vehicle #2, a moped traveling at high speed in the same direction and driven by the 18-year-old male, with the 15-year-old female passenger.

They said the driver of Vehicle #1 remained on the scene and was not injured, the 18-year-old driver of the moped was taken into custody in connection with a prior investigation, and the investigation remains ongoing by NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad in relation to the collision.

 

On June 5, pursuant to an ongoing investigation, police said that Joshua Matthew, 18, of West 172nd Street in Mt. Eden was arrested and charged on May 28, at around 5 p.m. in the confines of the 52nd Precinct:

They said he was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree and reckless driving. We asked if these charges related to the May 28 collision or a prior incident. We did not receive an immediate response. We will share any further updates we receive.

Police said that Dafney Juan from Manhattan has been identified as the deceased victim.

 

With collision investigations, the NYPD handles all criminal aspects of the investigation, while NYC Department of Transportation reviews the street design at the locations of such crashes.

Matthew is presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.

 

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.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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