Two killed after three-car crash on Cross Bronx Expressway

Two people were killed and the other two were injured after a three-car accident over the weekend on the Cross Bronx Expressway.

On February 25, the officials responded to a 911 call of a car collision on the westbound Cross Bronx Expressway near Rosedale Avenue at 11:50 p.m.

The crash took place when a 2001 Gray Mitsubishi Montero Sport was traveling in the right lane westbound on the Cross Bronx Expressway, after which a 2015 Black Freightliner Utility Flatbed truck was stopped off of the right shoulder while assisting a disabled tractor-trailer. With their hope to prevent crashing into the flatbed, the Mitsubishi eventually crashed into a 2013 Brown Lincoln MKX driving in the center lane, causing the Mitsubishi to re-enter the right lane and struck the flatbed.

There were four occupants in the Mitsubishi.

The 33-year-old female driver was admitted to St. Barnabas Hospital by EMS where she was pronounced dead.

A Forty-seven-year-old identified as Stephen Williams, of Jackson Avenue, the front seat passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Aside from this, two of the rear seat passengers, a 15-year-old girl, and a 32-year-old woman were admitted to Jacobi and St. Barnabas hospitals, respectively, by EMS in stable condition.

There are no injuries reported to the occupants of the other two vehicles involved. The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad is investigating the crash.