Motorcyclist Killed After Broadway U-Turn Crash in the Bronx
A 21-year-old motorcyclist died after a Nov. 29, 2022 Broadway crash that city records tied to failure to yield and police said involved a 47-year-old box-truck driver making a U-turn near Van Cortlandt Park.
What We Know
A 21-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed on Broadway in the Bronx on Nov. 29, 2022. City crash records list the crash at 5:32 p.m. and record one motorist killed, with a box truck and motorcycle involved and failure to yield recorded as a contributing factor. Police told Norwood News that a 47-year-old man was driving the box truck and making a U-turn at Broadway and Caryle Avenue as the motorcyclist rode south on Broadway. The rider was ejected, suffered severe head trauma, and was pronounced dead at Saint Joseph's Medical Center. Police said the truck driver stayed at the scene and was not injured.
Police described a U-turn before the fatal crash
City records place the crash on Broadway at 5:32 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2022, involving a box truck and a motorcycle. The official record lists one person killed and records failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor.
Norwood News reported that police preliminarily said a 47-year-old man was driving the box truck and making a U-turn at Broadway and Caryle Avenue. Police said a 21-year-old man was riding a motorcycle south on Broadway, was ejected, and suffered severe head trauma.
The crash happened by Van Cortlandt Park and the city line
Norwood News located the crash at Broadway and Caryle Avenue, near the northeast corner of Van Cortlandt Park and the North Riverdale and Westchester County border. City records list the crash on Broadway in the Bronx.
The rider died at the hospital
EMS took the injured motorcyclist to Saint Joseph's Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to the police account reported by Norwood News. The same report said the truck driver remained at the scene and was not injured.
NYPD investigators continued the case
Norwood News reported that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating the crash. The article said police were withholding the motorcyclist's identification pending family notification.