Pickup driver fatally hits 66-year-old bicyclist in Soundview
A 24-year-old man driving a GMC pickup north on Commonwealth Avenue hit a 66-year-old bicyclist riding east on Westchester Avenue at 11:55 a.m. in Soundview, and EMS took the rider to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died.
What We Know
A 66-year-old bicyclist was killed just before noon on Oct. 19, 2024, at Commonwealth Avenue and Westchester Avenue in Soundview. The crash record lists a pickup truck traveling north and a bike traveling east; press accounts citing police said a 24-year-old man driving a GMC pickup hit the rider. EMS took the bicyclist to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The driver remained at the scene, and police said no arrests had been made while the investigation continued.
Police accounts put the crash just before noon
The city crash record places the fatal crash at 11:55 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2024, at Commonwealth Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx. It records one death: a 66-year-old male bicyclist. It lists a pickup truck traveling north and a bike traveling east before the crash.
Press accounts citing police said a 24-year-old man driving a GMC pickup north on Commonwealth Avenue hit the bicyclist as he rode east on Westchester Avenue. EMS took the rider to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, and police said the driver remained at the scene.
amNY, citing police, added that the bicyclist was riding east in Westchester Avenue's westbound lanes. Other reviewed accounts described him as eastbound on Westchester Avenue without that lane detail.
Westchester Avenue has a long crash record
The crash happened at Commonwealth Avenue and Westchester Avenue in Soundview, near the Bronx crash location recorded by the city.
CrashCountNYC's Westchester Avenue corridor context counted 1,543 crashes, 1,023 injuries, 97 serious injuries and 7 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026, placing this death on a street with repeated severe harm.
Investigators kept the case open
The city crash record lists pedestrian or bicyclist error or confusion as a contributing factor for the bike entry.
Police told reporters the driver had not been arrested. The Daily News said the investigation was ongoing, and the Post reported that police did not suspect criminality at that time.