A 79-year-old driver crashed into two automobiles within the Bronx earlier than hitting a lightweight pole — killing his passenger and injuring himself and 6 others, police stated.
Stella Nyarko-Dei, 71, was within the again seat of a 2003 Toyota Avalon that was heading west on Bartow Ave. in Co-Op Metropolis when the aged driver crashed right into a 2020 Hyundai Sonata being pushed by a 38-year-old girl, then hit a 2011 Acura RDX with a 34-year-old girl behind the wheel earlier than lastly smashing into a lightweight pole round 5:30 p.m. Friday, in accordance with authorities.
The impression despatched the Hyundai careening into an unoccupied parked automotive. In whole, eight individuals, together with the drivers and their passengers, had been concerned within the smashup.
Medics rushed the Toyota driver, Nyarko-Dei, and a 69-year-old girl using within the entrance passenger seat to Jacobi Medical Heart, the place Nyarko-Dei died.
The Hyundai driver and an 11-year-old boy within the entrance passenger seat had been additionally rushed to Jacobi Medical Heart — as had been the Acura driver and her 24-year-old and 34-year-old male passengers, police stated.
The survivors of the horrific crash had been all in secure situation and anticipated to recuperate.
The reason for the crash was not instantly identified, and all of the drivers remained on the scene, police siad. There have been no quick arrests as cops proceed to research.
Nyarko-Dei lived within the Bronx, lower than a mile from the crash web site.
