Motorcyclist Killed at Pelham Parkway and Bruckner Expressway
At 4:56 p.m. on June 28, 2025, at Pelham Parkway and the Bruckner Expressway, a 41-year-old woman driving a Chevy Equinox was making a left turn when she collided with 31-year-old motorcyclist Nathaniel Martinez, who died at Jacobi.
What We Know
Nathaniel Martinez, 31, was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle on Pelham Parkway near the Bruckner Expressway on June 28, 2025, when a 41-year-old woman driving a Chevy Equinox made a left turn toward an I-95 ramp and collided with him, police told news outlets. City records place the crash at 4:56 p.m. and list improper passing or lane use as a contributing factor for the motorcycle. The direction of Martinez's travel is reported differently: city records and News12 describe him as eastbound, while the Daily News reported westbound. EMS took Martinez and the Equinox driver to Jacobi, where Martinez died; police said the woman was stable and remained at the scene.
A left turn toward I-95 preceded the collision
City records place the crash at 4:56 p.m. on June 28, 2025, at Pelham Parkway and the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx. Police told news outlets that Nathaniel Martinez, 31, was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle when a 41-year-old woman driving a 2023 Chevy Equinox made a left turn toward an I-95 entrance ramp and collided with him.
The accounts agree on the left turn and the two vehicles involved, but they differ on Martinez's direction of travel. City records and News12 describe him as eastbound on Pelham Parkway; the Daily News reported that he was heading west.
Nathaniel Martinez died after he was taken to Jacobi
Martinez was the motorcycle driver and the only person on the motorcycle, according to city records. News12 reported that police said he was ejected, and both reviewed news reports said EMS took Martinez and the Equinox driver to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi.
The Daily News reported that Martinez died from severe internal injuries. Police said the 41-year-old Equinox driver remained at the scene and was in stable condition.
Pelham Parkway meets a heavily crash-burdened expressway corridor
The crash was recorded at Pelham Parkway and the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx, near the I-95 ramp described in police accounts.
Along the Bruckner Expressway corridor in the Bronx, CrashCountNYC's location context shows 3,478 crashes, 2,696 injuries, 129 serious injuries and 20 deaths since 2022.
City records cite improper passing or lane use
City crash records list improper passing or lane use as a contributing factor and associate that factor with the motorcycle. The reviewed news reports instead emphasize the Equinox driver's left turn toward the I-95 ramp; they do not report an arrest.
The NYPD Highway District collision squad was investigating, according to the Daily News.