Passenger Killed, Driver Sought After Hunts Point Crash
Police said a driver left before officers arrived after a Drake Street crash that city records place at 11:22 p.m. on May 10, 2023; News 12 reported one passenger died and another was critically injured.
What We Know
The official record places the crash on Drake Street at 11:22 p.m. on May 10, 2023 and records one motorist killed and one injured. Police told News 12 that a driver’s vehicle was involved with a parked, unoccupied tractor-trailer at Drake Street and Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point, and that the driver left before officers arrived. News 12 reported that both hurt men were passengers: one died and a 29-year-old was in critical condition. City data identifies unsafe speed as a contributing factor and lists an SUV with three occupants and a parked diesel tractor-truck.
Police said the driver left before officers arrived
News 12, citing police, reported that a driver was at large after an overnight Hunts Point crash at Drake Street and Spofford Avenue. Police said the crash involved a parked, unoccupied tractor-trailer, and that the driver left before officers reached the scene.
The official record places the crash on Drake Street at 11:22 p.m. on May 10, 2023 and records one motorist killed and one injured.
Both men hurt were passengers
News 12 reported that the two men hurt in the crash were passengers: one died, and a 29-year-old man was in critical condition. The official person record lists the passenger who died as a 31-year-old man in the front passenger seat, while News 12 described him as 30.
A Hunts Point crash location near Spofford Avenue
The official record identifies Drake Street in the Bronx as the crash location. News 12, citing police, placed the crash at Drake Street and Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point.
Police asked for information
News 12 reported that police asked anyone with information about the incident to contact investigators.