Mosholu / Riverdale: Man Lying on Road Dragged under Car to Yonkers from The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY

YONKERS POLICE ARE seen in snowy conditions in the vicinity of 90 Caryle Avenue in Yonkers on Thursday night, Jan. 29, 2026, after they were alerted to a report of a man who had been lying on the road at West 262nd Street and Broadway in the Mosholu / Riverdale section of The Bronx and was later dragged under a car 0.4 miles as far as Yonkers, where he was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx in critical condition.
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A man was dragged around 0.4 miles under a car from the Riverdale / Mosholu section of The Bronx to Yonkers late on Thursday night, Jan. 29, police said. He remains in critical condition in hospital in the Morris Park section of The Bronx.

The NYPD said that on Thursday, January 29, at around 10.07 p.m., police received a 911 call reporting a pedestrian struck at the intersection of West 262nd Street and Broadway, within the confines of the 50th Precinct.

YONKERS AND NYPD police vehicles seen in snowy conditions in the vicinity of 90 Caryle Avenue in Yonkers on Thursday night, Jan. 29, 2026, after they were alerted to a report of a man who had been lying on the road at West 262nd Street and Broadway in the Mosholu / Riverdale section of The Bronx and was later dragged under a car 0.4 miles as far as Yonkers, where he was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx in critical condition.
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They said officers arrived on scene and were redirected to 90 Caryle Avenue within the confines of Yonkers and there, located an unidentified male unconscious and unresponsive with injuries throughout his body.

“The male victim was transported by EMS to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in critical condition.,” a police spokesperson said.

AN NYPD POLICE vehicle is seen in snowy conditions in the vicinity of 90 Caryle Avenue in Yonkers on Thursday night, Jan. 29, 2026, after they were alerted to a report of a man who had been lying on the road at West 262nd Street and Broadway in the Mosholu / Riverdale section of The Bronx and was later dragged under a car 0.4 miles as far as Yonkers, where he was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx in critical condition.
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“Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined the male was laying [on] the roadway on Broadway before being struck by a red Honda CRV.”

POLICE SAID A man who had been lying on the road at West 262nd Street and Broadway in the Mosholu / Riverdale section of The Bronx was dragged under a car 0.4 miles as far as 90 Caryle Avenue in Yonkers on Thursday night, Jan. 29, 2026.
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Police said the car was being driven by a 31-year-old man and the vehicle continued into Yonkers where the driver then parked and found the man underneath his vehicle.

POLICE VEHICLES ARE seen in snowy conditions in the vicinity of 90 Caryle Avenue in Yonkers on Thursday night, Jan. 29, 2026, after they were alerted to a report of a man who had been lying on the road at West 262nd Street and Broadway in the Mosholu / Riverdale section of The Bronx and was later dragged under a car 0.4 miles as far as Yonkers, where he was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx in critical condition.
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They said the driver remained on scene, there are no arrests at this time and the investigation is ongoing by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad.

As reported, a person was recently found deceased at the 242nd Street Subway Station in nearby Fieldston amid freezing temperatures, a a few days prior, two people were shot at the same location.

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