Two die in fi ery
six car collision
Car crash on Bruckner Expressway ends
fatally on Monday night: NYPD
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Police reported that two
drivers died in a car crash
involving six vehicles on
Bruckner Expressway Monday
night.
On July 20 just before midnight,
police responded to a
911 call regarding a multiple
motor vehicle collision. When
they arrived at the scene, they
found two unidentifi ed people
who were unconscious and
unresponsive with extensive
body trauma.
EMS personnel responded
and pronounced both of the
individuals dead at the scene
of the crash near Hollywood
Avenue, according to reports.
Further investigation by
the NYPD Highway District’s
Collision Investigation Squad
determined that prior to the
crash, an unidentifi ed male
driver and a woman in the
passenger’s seat were traveling
south on Bruckner Boulevard
in a blue BMW.
Cops said that the driver
was traveling “at a high rate
of speed” while entering a
curve in the road. The man
was unable to properly navigate
the road and entered the
grass along the south side
of the road and hit two light
poles with his car.
According to police, the
car struck the center jersey
wall that separates the south
and north bound sections of
the Bruckner Expressway
and launched over the wall
into the north bound lane.
The pieces from the car hit
the drivers of a Ford Fiesta
and a red Toyota RAV4, which
were both traveling north on
the center lane of the expressway.
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The vehicle then careened
into a Honda CRV and
a blue Toyota RAV4 that were
traveling in the left and center
lanes respectively.
Police reports indicated
that a sixth driver operating a
Toyota Highlander was traveling
north on the expressway
behind the Honda CRV
and struck the car’s rear.
Four of the vehicles (BMW,
Honda CRV, blue RAV4 and
Highlander) caught fi re from
the impact and the occupants
of the three latter cars exited
the vehicles with minor injuries.
There are no arrests at
this time, according to police,
and the investigation into the
case is ongoing.
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