A motorcyclist died after being struck by a Dodge Durango on the westbound Cross Bronx Expressway near Exit 4, with the driver fleeing the scene before later calling 911, according to police. Citizen App footage captured the motorcycle engulfed in flames as FDNY crews rushed to put out the fire. No arrests had been made as of Saturday evening.
According to News12 Bronx, the NYPD reported that the crash happened during a Saturday afternoon collision, with the Durango striking the motorcyclist just after 4:25 p.m. Detectives said the motorcyclist suffered severe trauma to the body, and paramedics rushed him to Jacobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The outlet reported that the Durango's driver left the scene after the crash but later called 911. Police have since located the driver, though the station's report notes that no charges or arrests had been announced as of Saturday evening, and the investigation remains active.
A Separate, Conflicting Account
A different version of events comes from a report by CBS New York, which said police reported a motorcyclist was killed on the Cross Bronx Expressway early Friday morning near Harrod Avenue — a different day and location than the one described in the News12 account. That report identified the victim as a 29-year-old man riding an electric motorcycle who struck a construction barrel while traveling north on the expressway and was thrown into the roadway before being struck by a vehicle whose driver, police said, did not stay at the scene.
CBS New York also reported that EMS pronounced that victim dead at the scene rather than at a hospital, and said his identity had not yet been released. The station likewise reported that no arrests had been made and that the investigation was ongoing. It is not established whether the two reports describe the same crash or two separate incidents on the same roadway.
Not the First Fatal Crash on This Stretch
The Cross Bronx Expressway has seen fatal motorcycle crashes before. CBS New York previously reported that in a May 2023 incident, investigators said a motorcyclist hit a construction barrel, was thrown from his bike, and was then struck by a vehicle on the same expressway — a sequence of events strikingly similar to the Friday-morning account CBS later described. A separate, earlier News12 report also described a man fatally struck by multiple vehicles in a hit-and-run on the Cross Bronx Expressway, and in June 2024, News12 New York reported that a 35-year-old man died after a crash involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer on the same corridor.
Citywide, traffic deaths have been trending downward. The New York City Department of Transportation reported that the city recorded 205 traffic fatalities through Dec. 31, 2025, a 19 percent decline from the 253 fatalities logged in 2024. The NYPD separately maintains weekly traffic-fatality data broken down by patrol borough.
As of Saturday evening, no arrests had been reported in connection with the crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway, and police had not released further details. This remains a developing story.
