Fleeing driver sought after Bronx pedestrian was killed
A 40-year-old pedestrian was killed at 7:28 p.m. May 2 at Bruckner Boulevard and East 138th Street, where police said a tractor-trailer driver hit him and fled before a 61-year-old Honda CR-V driver hit him and stayed.
What We Know
A 40-year-old man was killed on May 2, 2026, at Bruckner Boulevard and East 138th Street in the Bronx. The official record places the crash at 7:28 p.m. and records a pedestrian death involving northbound traffic, including a 2015 Honda SUV. Police told reporters that a tractor-trailer driver hit the man as he crossed Bruckner Boulevard, then fled; they said a 61-year-old driver in a 2015 Honda CR-V, described in several reports as a taxi, hit him moments later and remained at the scene. News reports differed on the exact time, with some saying about 7:30 p.m. and others about 8:30 p.m. Police said no arrests had been made and the investigation was ongoing.
Police described two drivers hitting the pedestrian
The official record says a 40-year-old male pedestrian was killed at Bruckner Boulevard and East 138th Street at 7:28 p.m. on May 2, 2026. Police told reporters that a tractor-trailer driver hit him while he was crossing Bruckner Boulevard, and that a driver in a 2015 Honda CR-V hit him moments later.
The tractor-trailer driver left the scene, according to police. Reports said the 61-year-old Honda driver stayed and waited for authorities.
The crossing was on Bruckner Boulevard in Mott Haven
The crash happened at Bruckner Boulevard and East 138th Street, which news reports placed in Mott Haven. The official pedestrian record says the man was crossing away from an intersection and without a signal or crosswalk; police accounts in several articles also described him as outside a marked crosswalk.
Reports described a fleeing truck driver and a Honda driver who stayed
Police reports described the driver who left as operating a tractor-trailer. The second driver was described as a 61-year-old man in a 2015 Honda CR-V; the official record lists a 2015 Honda SUV traveling north with two occupants.
Police said the investigation remained open
Several reports said medics took the man to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead; one local accident report instead said emergency units pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said no arrests had been made, and the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.