Gun Hill Houses: Motorcyclist Dies at Scene of Motor Vehicle Collision

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Blood is seen on a pink blanket lying on the ground near a Honda motorcycle, and on the windshield of a Nissan car which was involved in a collision with the motorcycle on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 in the Gun Hill Houses section of the Bronx.
Photo by Miriam Quinones

On Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 at approximately 6.52 a.m., police responded to a 911 call about a motor vehicle collision in the vicinity of White Plains Road and Bartholdi Street, in the confines of the 47th precinct in the Gun Hill Houses section of the Bronx.

Upon arrival, police discovered an unconscious and unresponsive 29-year-old man lying on the roadway. EMS arrived and pronounced the man deceased at the scene.

A motorcycle crash helmet is seen lying on the street a short distance away from the Nissan car and Honda motorcycle involved in a collision in the vicinity of the junction of White Plains Road and Bartholdi Street in the Gun Hill Houses section of the Bronx on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.
Photo by Miriam Quinones

A preliminary investigation revealed that the occupants of a 1997 Black Nissan Maxima and a 2019 Honda motorcycle were both traveling northbound on White Plains Road when the driver of the Nissan attempted to make a U-turn onto southbound White Plains Road.

The motorcycle collided with the Nissan on the driver’s side of the car, ejecting the motorcyclist from their vehicle. The Nissan driver continued to drive forward and subsequently crashed into an unoccupied vehicle.

A police officer picks up a motorcycle crash helmet at the scene of a collision involving a Nissan car and a Honda motorcycle in the vicinity of the junction of White Plains Road and Bartholdi Street in the Gun Hill Houses section of the Bronx on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.
Photo by Miriam Quinones

The driver of the Nissan was transported to Jacobi Hospital in a critical condition. There are no arrests at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.

An NYPD toll truck arrived at the scene of a collision involving a Honda motorcycle and a Nissan car at the junction of White Plains Road and Bartholdi Street in the Gun Hill Houses section of the Bronx on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, but later left without the damaged car.
Photo by Miriam Quinones

A Norwood News photographer at the scene of the collision did not see any skid marks on the street in the area where it took place.

The identity of the deceased is pending family notification.

NYPD officers from the 47th precinct respond to the scene of a collision involving a Honda motorcycle and a Nissan car at the junction of White Plains Road and Bartholdi Street in the Gun Hill Houses section of the Bronx on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.
Photo by Miriam Quinones

Anyone with information with regard to 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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