Norwood: No Injuries Reported as Truck Lands on Car After Hull Ave. Crash

By DAVID GREENE

NO INJURIES WERE reported after a 2016 Ford van crash into a 2017 sedan on Hull Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.
Photo by Chris Perkins

Miraculously, there were no injuries reported after a van crashed on a Norwood street, landing on top of a parked car.

According to the NYPD, the crash was reported at 7.10 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12, outside 3286 Hull Avenue located between East 207th Street and East 209th Street.

A VAN SITS at a 45-degree angle after it crashes into and on top of a parked car on Hull Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.
Photo by Chris Perkins

Upon arrival at the scene, police said officers from the 52nd Precinct were told by the unidentified 22-year-old driver of a 2016 Ford van that he had been traveling southbound along Hull Avenue when he struck a parked, unoccupied 2017 Honda sedan.

HULL AVENUE IN Norwood, The Bronx, is shut down as emergency crews remove a van from atop a parked car following a crash Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.
Photo by Chris Perkins

Both NYPD and FDNY spokespersons confirmed no injuries were reported following the crash. The street was closed to vehicular traffic until the van was removed from the top of the car.

TWO VEHICLES INVOLVED in a crash on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, on Hull Avenue, Norwood, The Bronx, are seen parked at the crash site Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.
Photo by David Greene

On Wednesday, Jan. 14, both vehicles were observed parked at the crash site. When asked, the NYPD could not immediately say if any arrests or summonses had been issued.

A 2017 HONDA sedan is seen with extensive damage on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, on Hull Avenue, Norwood, The Bronx, after a van crashed into, and ended up on top of it on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.
Photo by David Greene

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 Crimestoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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