UPDATE Van Cortlandt Park: No Injuries Reported after Three-Vehicle Crash on Major Deegan Expressway

By DAVID GREENE

A POLICE OFFICER speaks to the driver of one of the vehicles, Vehicle #2, a commercial van, involved in a crash on the Major Deegan Expressway just past East 233rd Street on Sunday, March 22, 2026. Police say Vehicle #2 was struck by Vehicle #3 and then collided with Vehicle #1, which was “stopped due to traffic.”
Photo by David Greene

A three-vehicle, chain-reaction crash in Van Cortlandt Park is the latest motor vehicle accident to be reported on the Major Deegan Expressway.

Miraculously, according to law enforcement authorities, none of at least ten occupants involved in the crash were injured.

AT LEAST TEN people traveling in three separate vehicles that were involved in a crash at just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2026, on the Major Deegan Expressway just past East 233rd Street, incurred no injuries, officials said.
Photo by David Greene

Police said the crash was reported on the left lane of the southbound Major Deegan Expressway, just beyond Exit 11 at East 233rd Street. A fire department official reported that the crash took place at 4:42 p.m. on Sunday, March 22.

POLICE OFFICERS SPEAK with drivers and passengers after at least 10 people, including several children, were involved in a three-vehicle accident that took place on the Major Deegan Expressway just past East 233rd Street on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
Photo by David Greene

They said the incident closed the left and center lanes, slowing traffic for miles into Westchester County. The fire department official said the crash was cleared and the highway was reopened at 9:51 p.m.

POLICE AND FIRE department officials are seen at the scene of a three-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on the Major Deegan Expressway just past the East 233rd Street exit at 4:42 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
Photo by David Greene

According to one police official, Vehicle #1, a white minivan with several child occupants, was “stopped due to traffic” when Vehicle #3, a black SUV, struck Vehicle #2, a white van, which then crashed into Vehicle #1. “All parties refused medical attention on scene,” the police spokesperson said.

MAJOR CRIME STATISTICS for the 52^nd Precinct for the 28-day period ending March 22, 2026, compared to the same timeframe last year (left), and year-to-date major crime statistics for the 52^nd Precinct as of March 22, 2026, compared to last year (right). This precinct covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights.
Source: NYPD

As reported, two people were hospitalized following a single-vehicle car accident in the Norwood section of the Bronx the same day, march 22, and on Tuesday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, as reported, three people were hospitalized following a two-vehicle car crash on West Gun Hill Road also in Norwood.

MAJOR CRIME STATISTICS for the 50th Precinct for the 28-day period ending March 22, 2026, compared to last year (left), and year-to-date major crime statistics for the 50th Precinct as of March 22, 2026, compared to last year (right). This precinct covers some or all of Kingsbridge, Fieldston, Riverdale, Marble Hill, and Spuyten Duyvil.
Source: NYPD

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

A THREE-VEHICLE crash took place in the vicinity of the Major Deegan Expressway and East 233rd Street in Van Cortlandt Park on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
Image courtesy of Google Maps

Traffic Fatality statistics for both the 50th Precinct, which covers Van Cortlandt Park, and the 52nd Precinct are attached.

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