Driver Hits and Kills 76-Year-Old on Grand Central Parkway
A 43-year-old man driving a 2013 Toyota Highlander hit and fatally injured 76-year-old Yuang Qin on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens late Sunday, according to police reports and the city crash record.
What We Know
Yuang Qin, 76, of Brooklyn, died after a driver hit her late Sunday on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens. Police sources cited by local reports said a 43-year-old man driving a 2013 Toyota Highlander eastbound near Exit 10 failed to navigate the roadway and hit Qin while she was walking west in the eastbound left lane. The city crash record places the crash at 11:38 p.m.; the articles report it happened just before 11 p.m. Responders took Qin to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital with severe head and torso trauma, and she later died. The driver remained at the scene; police reported no arrests and an ongoing Collision Investigation Squad review.
Police said the driver was eastbound near Exit 10
Police sources cited in news reports said a 43-year-old man was driving a 2013 Toyota Highlander east on the Grand Central Parkway near Exit 10, by the Long Island Expressway, when he failed to navigate the roadway and hit Yuang Qin in the eastbound left lane.
The city crash record lists the crash on the Grand Central Parkway at 11:38 p.m. on May 17, 2026. The news reports say police described the timing as just before 11 p.m.
Yuang Qin died after hospital treatment
Qin was 76 and lived in Brooklyn, according to the reports. Emergency responders took her to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital with severe head and torso trauma, and she later died there.
The driver remained at the scene
The city record identifies one vehicle, a 2013 Toyota Highlander, with one occupant and front-left damage. News reports said the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with responding officers.
No arrests were reported as the investigation continued
Police reported no arrests after the crash. The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad continued investigating.
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