Driver Turning at Bronxwood and Williamsbridge Kills Cyclist
At 10:04 p.m. on July 20, 2022, the city crash record says one cyclist was killed at Bronxwood Avenue and Williamsbridge Road; police told reporters a 30-year-old driver making a left turn hit 43-year-old Bronx resident Wenntwen Porgho, who died at Jacobi.
What We Know
Wenntwen Porgho, 43, was riding north on Bronxwood Avenue in the Bronx on the night of July 20, 2022, when police said a 30-year-old driver traveling south made a left turn onto Williamsbridge Road and hit him. The city crash record places the collision at 10:04 p.m. and records one bicyclist killed, with a sedan and an e-bike involved. Police told reporters Porgho was found unconscious and unresponsive in the roadway, was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, and was pronounced dead. The driver stayed at the scene, and police did not make an arrest; Streetsblog reported that the driver was not charged.
Police said the driver was turning left when he hit Porgho.
Police said a 30-year-old male driver was traveling south on Bronxwood Avenue and making a left turn onto Williamsbridge Road when he hit Wenntwen Porgho, who was riding north on Bronxwood Avenue around 10 p.m. The city crash record places the collision at 10:04 p.m. and lists a sedan and an e-bike.
Police told reporters officers found Porgho lying in the roadway with severe injuries, unconscious and unresponsive. Paramedics took him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.
Wenntwen Porgho was 43 and lived in the Bronx.
Police identified the rider who died as Wenntwen Porgho, a 43-year-old Bronx man. The city crash record identifies the killed person as a 43-year-old male bicyclist; the same record lists the rider’s vehicle as an e-bike, while press accounts described him as a cyclist riding north on Bronxwood Avenue.
The driver stayed at the scene and was not charged.
Police told amNewYork the 30-year-old male driver stayed at the scene and officers did not make an arrest. Streetsblog also reported that the driver was not charged.
The record and press account framed responsibility differently.
The city crash record lists “Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Error/Confusion” as the contributing factor. Streetsblog, citing the preliminary NYPD narrative, argued that the account suggested evidence for a failure-to-yield charge, while also reporting that police declined to say whether the driver cut the corner.
The intersection sits on a Bronx corridor with repeated harm.
The collision was recorded at Bronxwood Avenue and Williamsbridge Road in the Bronx. Streetsblog described the crossing as a dogleg intersection without a signal and reported 18 crashes at or next to the intersection since January 2018.
Along Williamsbridge Road in the Crash Finder window since 2022, CrashCountNYC counts 359 crashes, 250 injuries, 10 serious injuries and 2 deaths.