On Friday, February 17, 2017, at approximately 0020 hours, police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision in the vicinity of Exit 10 on the northbound Bronx River Parkway, at 233 street, located within the confines of the 47th Precinct in the Bronx.
Upon arrival, officers discovered the vehicle operator, a 47-year-old male, and his front-seat passenger, a 44-year-old male, inside the vehicle with severe trauma about their respective bodies.
EMS responded to the location and pronounced the two males deceased at the scene.
Further investigation by the NYPD’s Highway Division’s Collision Investigation Squad determined the operator was driving a white 2009 Mercedes S 550 sedan, traveling northbound on the Bronx River Parkway in the left lane and failed to navigate a bend in the road, before he struck the right lane guardrail. Upon doing so, the vehicle went over the guardrail and came to a rest upon striking a tree.
Following proper family notification, the deceased have been identifies as follows.
Operator:
Dayan Hunter
1827 Nereid Avenue
Bronx, NY 10466
Passenger:
Dave Hunter
7 Regina Place
Yonkers, NY 10703
The investigation remains ongoing.
All charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1–800–577–TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1–888–57–PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.
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