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<\/a>SMOKE FROM a reported car fire is seen in the vicinity of West 230th Street and the Major Deegan Expressway on April Saturday, April 11, 2026.\u00a0Image courtesy of the Citizens\u2019 App<\/p>\n
Emergency Services were called to extinguish an unoccupied, burning car in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx on Saturday morning, April 11, according to police.<\/p>\n
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An NYPD spokesperson said the vehicle was located at West 230th Street and the Major Deegan Expressway under the overpass. \u201cVehicle on fire, came over at 11.05 a.m., confirmed car fire, no injuries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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The spokesperson continued, \u201cFDNY put out the vehicle fire. No-one in the vehicle at the time. Fire extinguished by FDNY.\u201d We asked if the cause was under investigation and the spokesperson said he guessed the fire department were investigating the cause.<\/p>\n
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Norwood News has reached out to the FDNY for more information on the incident and will share any further updates we receive.<\/p>\n
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NotifyNYC had posted the following on X in relation to the incident on Saturday, \u201cVehicle Fire: Northbound Major Deegan Expressway closed at West 233rd Street in The Bronx. Consider alternate routes. Multilingual & ASL Link: http:\/\/on.nyc.gov\/2gnTjHH<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, according to Instagram user, @kidelectrik, in a separate incident, a car was seen overturned and in flames<\/a> also on the Major Deegan Expressway just before the RFK bridge, most likely in the Port Morris section of The Bronx on Saturday night, April 11. \u201cPrayers go out to whoever was in that car,\u201d @kidelectrick wrote.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Norwood News has reached out to the FDNY for more information on this incident and will share any updates we receive. The Port Morris car fire was also reported by users of the Citizens\u2019 App and according to one post was on the Major Deegan northbound lane at East 138th Street.<\/p>\n On Sunday afternoon, April 12, as reported<\/a>, one person incurred minor injuries following a separate car accident also in Kingsbridge, according to FDNY \/ EMS officials.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Traffic accident statistics for the 50th Precinct, where the two Kingsbridge accidents occurred for the 28-day period ending April 5 compared to last year (left), and year-to-date traffic accidents in the 50th Precinct as of April 5 compared to last year (right) are attached. This precinct covers some or all of Kingsbridge, Fieldston, iverdale, Marble Hill, and Spuyten Duyvil.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Also on Sunday, April 12, as reported<\/a>, emergency services and a tow truck were called when a car crashed into a wall in the East Fordham Road tunnel at Southern Boulevard in the Belmont section of The Bronx.<\/p>\n Separately, as 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 \u00a0<\/p>\n Fifteen people were injured following a bus collision<\/a>\u00a0in the Edenwald section of The Bronx on Friday, April 10, EMS officials said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n There were minor injuries reported after a two vehicle crash<\/a> on the Grand Concourse in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on March 30.<\/p>\n As 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 \u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to this, as\u00a0reported<\/a>, three people were hospitalized following a\u00a0two-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\u00a0single-vehicle collision<\/a>\u00a0in Norwood on Jerome Avenue and Mosholu Parkway the same day.<\/p>\n<\/a>ACCORDING TO INSTAGRAM user, @kidelectrik, this car was seen overturned and in flames on the Major Deegan Expressway, just before the RFK bridge in The Bronx on Saturday night, April 11, 2026.
Screenshot courtesy of Instagram user @kidelectrik<\/p>\n<\/a>TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS in the 50th Precinct, where this accident occurred, for the 28-day period ending April 5, 2026 compared to last year (left), and year-to-date traffic accidents in the 50th Precinct as of April 5, 2026 compared to last year (right) Part I. This precinct covers some or all of Kingsbridge, Fieldston, iverdale, Marble Hill, and Spuyten Duyvil.
Source: NYPD<\/p>\n<\/a>TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS in the 50th Precinct, where this accident occurred, for the 28-day period ending April 5, 2026 compared to last year (left), and year-to-date traffic accidents in the 50th Precinct as of April 5, 2026 compared to last year (right) Part II. This precinct covers some or all of Kingsbridge, Fieldston, iverdale, Marble Hill, and Spuyten Duyvil.
Source: NYPD<\/p>\n