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Two people appear to have been injured after a truck seemingly rear-ended an SUV on the busy Major Deegan Expressway in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx on Friday, July 10.
Repeated requests for information on the collision sent to the FDNY and the NYPD yielded no response to date. Norwood News will update this story if officials respond to our inquiry.
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Norwood News arrived at the scene after the incident. Based on FDNY radio transmissions, it appears that a large box truck rear-ended an Acura SUV at around 10:11 a.m. on Friday, July 10, in the northbound lane of the Major Deegan Expressway at West 233rd Street.
According to fire department radio transmissions heard at the time, Ladder 46 reported two people injured. Meanwhile, at the crash site, the ladder company was seen by Norwood News parked behind the truck and the Acura was seen in the left lane as the occupants seemingly waited for EMS to arrive.
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After an estimated 15 minutes, a firefighter was seen speaking to a male occupant and a female occupant of the Acura, and the man was then seen assisting the woman as she got back into the passenger side of their vehicle. The woman was seen holding her head as she did so.
The Acura, box truck, and fire unit then left the location, heading north, seemingly to meet EMS / police at another safer, less congested location, though Norwood News did not see their final destination.
Based on the FDNY radio transmissions of the incident between various emergency departments, it’s possible EMS may have been at another nearby location as Norwood News heard in the transmission on at least one occasion a location of West 231st Street being referenced and later West 233rd.
Two days later, on Sunday, July 12, a second crash with injuries was also referenced on social media also on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway at West 230the Street in Kingsbridge at 3:30 a.m. When contacted, City officials could not immediately confirm details of this apparent crash either. Norwood News will share any further updates we receive.
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As reported, on Saturday, July 11, three people were hospitalized after another car crash in the Norwood section of The Bronx, according to the City’s fire department.
Police said that 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.
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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.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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