A driver on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx fatally struck a man trying to cross the busy highway on Tuesday, police reported.
responded to a 911 call of a car accident involving a pedestrian struck at the southbound Major Deegan at West Tremont Avenue at approximately 2:37 a.m. on June 4.
When officers arrived, they found a man lying on the roadway with trauma throughout his body. Responding EMS pronounced the man dead at the scene. Police were unable to confirm the man’s age at this time, and are withholding his identity pending family notification. An investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that the man was trying to cross the Major Deegan from east to west when he was struck by a 65-year-old man driving a 2015 Toyota Avalon southbound on the expressway.
The driver remained at the scene and was not injured. It is unclear how fast the car was going, but noThe Major Deegan Expressway has been the site of several serious traffic accidents in recent years. In August of 2023, aby a driver on the expressway near 238th Street. Another man involved in the same incident was brought to a nearby hospital in critical condition., traffic crashes killed 60 people in NYC during the first three months of 2024.
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