Driver and passenger die in Cross Bronx Expressway crash
A 33-year-old woman driving a Mitsubishi and front-seat passenger Stephen Williams, 47, died after police said she swerved near Rosedale Avenue and the Mitsubishi was involved in impacts with a Lincoln and an idling flatbed truck.
What We Know
Near midnight on Feb. 25, 2022, four people were in a westbound Mitsubishi on the Cross Bronx Expressway near Rosedale Avenue. The city crash record lists two motorists killed and two injured, with unsafe speed as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News that the driver swerved left after coming up on a flatbed truck idling near the shoulder, leading to impacts involving a Lincoln MKX and the flatbed. The 33-year-old driver died at St. Barnabas Hospital, and the Daily News identified the 47-year-old front passenger who died at the scene as Bronx resident Stephen Williams. Two rear passengers were hospitalized in stable condition, according to police accounts.
Police described a late-night chain crash
The official record places the crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway at 11:49 p.m. on Feb. 25, 2022, with two motorists killed and two motorists injured.
The Daily News reported that four people were traveling west in a gray Mitsubishi Montero Sport when police said the driver came up on a black Freightliner flatbed truck idling near the right shoulder. Police said she swerved left, and impacts followed involving a Lincoln MKX and the flatbed truck.
Two front-seat occupants died; two rear passengers survived
The official record lists the 33-year-old woman driving and a 47-year-old male front passenger as killed. The Daily News identified the passenger as Bronx resident Stephen Williams and reported that he was trapped in the mangled Mitsubishi and died at the scene.
The Daily News reported that the driver was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died. Police accounts said two rear passengers, a 15-year-old girl and a 32-year-old woman, were hospitalized in stable condition; the Daily News said both were taken to St. Barnabas, while the New York Post reported that the teen was taken to Jacobi Hospital and the 32-year-old woman to St. Barnabas.
The crash happened near Rosedale Avenue in Parkchester
The official record lists the location as the Cross Bronx Expressway. The Daily News placed the crash near Rosedale Avenue in Parkchester, and the New York Post described it as occurring in the westbound lanes at Rosedale Avenue shortly before midnight.
The official record lists three involved vehicles
The official record lists a 2001 Mitsubishi SUV traveling west and changing lanes, a 2013 Lincoln SUV traveling west and going straight, and a tow truck or wrecker that was parked. The Daily News identified the Mitsubishi as a Montero Sport, the Lincoln as an MKX, and the truck as a Freightliner utility flatbed whose operator was assisting a disabled tractor trailer.
Speed was listed as a contributing factor
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the crash and for the Mitsubishi driver. It also records that the driver did not have a license. The New York Post reported the next day that police were still investigating the cause.