Driver Leaves Clearview Roadway; Passenger Killed in Bayside
At 3:04 a.m. on June 22, 2022, a 26-year-old driver in a Dodge sedan left the southbound Clearview Expressway near the Long Island Expressway, and a 30-year-old front passenger was killed.
What We Know
A southbound driver crashed near the Clearview Expressway approach to Exit 4 for the Long Island Expressway just after 3 a.m. on June 22, 2022. Police told QNS that the driver lost control, hit a guardrail, went off the roadway into a wooded area, and hit a tree. The city crash record lists one motorist killed and two motorists injured, with unsafe speed recorded as a contributing factor. QNS reported that all three people in the Dodge were taken to hospitals, where the 30-year-old front passenger was pronounced dead.
A southbound driver crashed near the LIE exit
The crash happened at 3:04 a.m. on June 22, 2022, on the Clearview Expressway. The city record lists one motorist killed and two motorists injured.
Police told QNS that a 26-year-old driver was approaching Exit 4 for the Long Island Expressway when he lost control. A preliminary investigation found that the driver hit a guardrail, went off the roadway into a wooded area, and hit a tree.
Three men were inside; the front passenger died
The official record identifies the person killed as a 30-year-old male front passenger. QNS reported that EMS took him and a 24-year-old back-seat passenger to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Queens, where the front passenger was pronounced dead and the back-seat passenger was listed in stable condition.
QNS reported that EMS took the 26-year-old driver to North Shore University Hospital-Manhasset in stable condition.
Sources agree one Dodge was involved but differ on the year
The official vehicle record lists a southbound 2016 Dodge sedan with three occupants. QNS, citing police, described the car as a 2006 Dodge Charger and reported that no other drivers were involved in the crash.
Speed was listed as a contributing factor
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. The vehicle record also lists driver inattention or distraction for the Dodge sedan. QNS reported that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate.
Where
Clearview Expy