Bronx driver dies after Deegan crash with sanitation plow
Kevin Thompson, a 41-year-old Bronx driver, died after police said he drove into the rear of a NYC Sanitation plow truck on the southbound Major Deegan at 4:04 a.m., a collision the official record lists with one motorist killed and another injured.
What We Know
Police said Kevin Thompson, 41, was driving a black 2015 Acura TLX south on the Major Deegan Expressway just after 4 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2022, when he drove into the rear of a NYC Sanitation plow truck near West 233rd Street in Kingsbridge. The official crash record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured, with a sedan and a snow plow both traveling south. Thompson was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and was pronounced dead later; the plow driver, 43, was hospitalized in stable condition. The Daily News reported on Jan. 23 that the plow driver had not been charged, while Norwood News reported that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate.
Police said the Acura driver hit the rear of the plow
Police said Kevin Thompson was driving south on the Major Deegan Expressway just after 4 a.m. when he drove into the rear of a NYC Sanitation plow truck near West 233rd Street. The official record lists the collision at 4:04 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2022, on the Major Deegan Expressway, with a sedan and a snow plow both traveling south and going straight ahead before impact.
The collision happened by West 233rd Street in Kingsbridge
Press accounts placed the collision on the southbound Major Deegan Expressway near West 233rd Street, on the Kingsbridge border. The official record lists the crash location as the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx.
One driver died and the plow driver survived with injuries
Thompson, 41, was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and later pronounced dead. The Daily News reported that he died a day after the collision and lived in Morrisania; Norwood News identified him as Kevin Thompson of Weeks Avenue, just south of Mount Hope.
The 43-year-old plow driver was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The Daily News reported on Jan. 23 that he had not been charged.
Records and reports identify a sedan and a Sanitation plow
Police sources cited by the articles said Thompson was driving a black 2015 Acura TLX. The official record lists a 2015 Acura sedan with front-end damage.
The official record identifies the other vehicle as a Mack snow plow with rear-end damage, and the articles identify it as a NYC Sanitation plow truck. Public sources differ on the plow truck's model year: the official record lists 2016, while Norwood News reported 2003.
NYPD collision investigators kept the case open
Norwood News reported that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating and that police asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.