{"id":194836,"date":"2026-04-13T01:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194836\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:44:09","slug":"belmont-car-crashes-into-wall-at-east-fordham-road-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/194836\/","title":{"rendered":"Belmont: Car Crashes into Wall at East Fordham Road Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBy S\u00cdLE MOLONEY<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-175619.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-12-175619.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"493\"  \/><\/a>A CAR IS seen crashed into a wall at East Fordham Road tunnel at Southern Boulevard in the Belmont section of The Bronx on Sunday, April 12, 2026.\u00a0<br \/>Image courtesy of the Citizens\u2019 App<\/p>\n<p>One person was treated at the scene of an apparent one-vehicle accident in the Belmont section of the Bronx close to the Bronx Zoo on Sunday, April 12, EMS officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One car was seen in video posted to social media crashed into a wall in the tunnel on East Fordham Road and Southern Boulevard, with the NYPD and an ambulance on scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0163.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130545 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"406\"  \/><\/a>THE SCENE AT East Fordham Road tunnel at Southern Boulevard in the Belmont section of The Bronx at 6.45 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, 2026.\u00a0<br \/>Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, an FDNY \/ EMS spokesperson said the departments received a 911 call at 4.09 p.m. on Sunday for a report of a car crash at the location. They said one civilian was evaluated on scene by EMS and refused medical attention and the incident was closed at 5.02 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Norwood News visited the scene at around 6.45 p.m., neither the crashed car nor police \/ EMS were still at the location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Traffic-Stats-52-1-April-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130551 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Traffic-Stats-52-1-April-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"620\"  \/><\/a>TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS in the 52nd Precinct for the 28-day period ending April 5, 2026, compared to last year (left), and year-to-date traffic accidents in the 52nd Precinct as of April 5, 2026, compared to last year (right) Part I. This precinct covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights.\u00a0<br \/>Source: NYPD<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the NYPD said they received a call at 4.09 p.m. for a report of the accident which they said was a single-vehicle one at 4.09 p.m. under the bridge with the car colliding with the wall under the overpass. They said there were\u00a0no arrests, no injuries listed, and the driver requested a tow truck.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Traffic accident statistics in the 52nd Precinct, where this accident occurred, for the 28-day period ending April 5, compared to last year (left), and year-to-date traffic accidents in the 52nd Precinct as of April 5, compared to last year (right) are attached. This precinct covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/bedford-park-fdny-responds-to-assist-with-child-locked-in-car-on-mosholu-parkway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, FDNY were\u00a0 called to East 204th Street and Mosholu Parkway on Saturday night, April 11, after a child got locked inside a car.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were minor injuries reported after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/update-bedford-park-minor-injuries-reported-after-two-vehicle-crash-on-grand-concourse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">two vehicle crash<\/a> on the Grand Concourse in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on March 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Traffic-Stats-52-2-April-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130553 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Traffic-Stats-52-2-April-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"648\"  \/><\/a>TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS in the 52nd Precinct for the 28-day period ending April 5, 2026, compared to last year (left), and year-to-date traffic accidents in the 52nd Precinct as of April 5, 2026, compared to last year (right) Part II. This precinct covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights.\u00a0<br \/>Source: NYPD<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen people were injured following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/edenwald-9-hospitalized-15-injured-in-bus-collision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bus collision<\/a>\u00a0in the Edenwald section of The Bronx on Friday, April 10, EMS officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/update-bedford-park-32-year-old-motorcyclist-killed-in-mta-bus-bus-motorcycle-accident-near-tracey-towers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, a 32-year-old man died following a bus-motorcycle collision outside Tracey Towers also in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Wednesday, April 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/update-van-cortlandt-park-no-injuries-reported-after-three-vehicle-crash-on-major-deegan-expressway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, three people were hospitalized following a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/norwood-three-hospitalized-following-a-two-vehicle-car-crash-on-west-gun-hill-road\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two-vehicle car crash<\/a>\u00a0on West Gun Hill Road in Norwood on March 17, St. Patrick\u2019s Day, no injuries were reported following a three-vehicle crash on the Major Deegan Expressway on Sunday, March 22, while two people were hospitalized following a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/update-norwood-two-hospitalized-following-a-single-vehicle-car-crash-on-jerome-ave-mosholu-pkwy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">single-vehicle collision<\/a>\u00a0in Norwood on Jerome Avenue and Mosholu Parkway the same day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Traffic-Stats-52-3-April-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130552 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Traffic-Stats-52-3-April-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"560\"  \/><\/a>TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS in the 52nd Precinct for the 28-day period ending April 5, 2026, compared to last year (left), and year-to-date traffic accidents in the 52nd Precinct as of April 5, 2026, compared to last year (right) Part III. This precinct covers some or all of Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights.\u00a0<br \/>Source: NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Note: The data presented on this page are preliminary and subject to change. Reasons for this may include re-classifications of deaths later determined to be unrelated to traffic collision, or delays in determining a death from traffic collision that occurred on a date subsequent to the actual crash. A comparison of current and previous year data may not be valid or statistically meaningful.<br \/>Source: NYPD<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; By S\u00cdLE MOLONEY A CAR IS seen crashed into a wall at East Fordham Road tunnel at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-194836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}