On Wednesday, August 05, 2020, at approximately 0014 hours, police responded to a 911 call of a multiple motor vehicle collision on the eastbound lanes of the Cross Bronx Expressway in the vicinity of Southern Boulevard, within the confines of the 48th Precinct in the Bronx.
Upon arrival, officers discovered an 27-year-old female, unconscious and unresponsive, lying in the roadway with severe body trauma.
EMS responded to the location and pronounced the female deceased.
Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined the female was standing on the shoulder of the expressway next to her 2002 Honda Civic and became pinned between her auto and the overpass wall after being struck by a 2005 Freightliner Tractor Trailer. The tractor trailer, operated by a 55-year-old male was traveling in the right lane, eastbound on the Cross Bronx Expressway when he attempted to swerve to the left to avoid slow moving traffic striking a 2010 Toyota Corolla, operated by a 51-year-old male, a 2016 Toyota Camry LE, operated by a 29-year-old female and a 2018 Lexus ES350, operated by a 58-year-old female.
The tractor trailer then continued striking the concrete wall that separates the east and westbound lanes of the Cross Bronx Expressway causing it to swerve back to the right striking the 2002 Honda Civic, which struck the victim.
Both operators from the 2016 Toyota Camry LE and the 2018 Lexus ES350 were removed in…
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After an in-depth analysis of my life as a public servant for many years, I perused through those years and my trajectory of accomplishments on behalf of serving my community and they are as follows:
1. When the Bronx was burning and everything was in ruins, abandoned, when hopelessness seemed to be the norm, and the Bronx was compared to post WW2 Germany, I remained and decided to make a difference. Here is a list of some of those projects that helped in the revitalization of the Bronx.
a) The Rev. Ruben Diaz Plaza Housing Complex located at the corner of 163rd Street and James Polite.
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