NYPD Highway Patrol Collision Investigation Squad

UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: Senior Critical after being Run Down at Crosswalk

By DAVID GREENE
A 75-year-old male pedestrian remains in critical condition after he was run down by a turning vehicle as he was crossing a Kingsbridge Heights street. The alleged driver, who was seen sporting house slippers as he stepped out of his vehicle at the scene of the accident, was later arrested and faces multiple charges.   Police officials say the incident was reported at 2:59 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, when the victim was hit as he crossed West Kingsbridge Road at Bailey Avenue. An unidentified police official told Norwood News the following day, “A preliminary investigation determined that a 29-year-old


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Woodlawn Heights: Investigation Continues following Collision of Motorcycle & Truck

By DAVID GREENE
Investigators continue to piece together events leading up to a fatal crash, previously reported by the Norwood News, where a motorcycle crashed into the back of a work truck contracted by New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), at the end of the morning rush-hour. The crash was reported at 9:56 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway, between the East 233rd Street exit in Woodlawn Heights and the McLean Avenue exit in Yonkers. According to an unnamed NYPD official, responding officers from the 50th precinct arrived at the crash scene and “observed a 58-year-old male


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Update: Man Dies in Fatal Motorcycle Collision on Major Deegan Expressway

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9.56 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway in the vicinity of the 233rd Street exit, in Woodlawn Heights, in the 50th precinct.   Upon arrival, police observed a 58-year-old man with severe trauma to his head and torso. EMS also responded and transported the victim to Montefiore Medical Center North where he was pronounced deceased.   Preliminary investigation determined that the victim was operating a 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle and was traveling northbound on the Major Deegan Expressway in the middle lane when


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