{"id":230215,"date":"2026-05-13T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230215\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:52:10","slug":"debris-rains-onto-nyc-highway-injuring-1-and-causing-traffic-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230215\/","title":{"rendered":"Debris rains onto NYC highway, injuring 1 and causing traffic nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A chunk of debris fell from an overpass on the Cross Bronx Expressway \u2013 striking a car below and injuring one person, the FDNY said.<\/p>\n<p>A call for a person struck by the falling debris near Exit 1 along the Cross Bronx Expressway was received at around 7:50 a.m. Monday, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was rushed to New York Presbyterian Hospital, where their injuries were said to be non-life-threatening, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A chunk of debris fell from an overpass on the Cross Bronx Expressway \u2013 striking a car below and injuring one person, the FDNY said. Fox 5 New York<\/p>\n<p>A chunk of debris fell from the overpass after a driver was traveling on the Cross Bronx Expressway. Reddit\/u\/ Traveler0084<\/p>\n<p>A chunk of debris fell from the overpass of the Cross Bronx Expressway while a driver was traveling on the road. Reddit\/u\/ Traveler0084<\/p>\n<p>All westbound lanes to the lower level of the George Washington Bridge are closed while authorities investigate the incident, according to the Port Authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drivers heading toward the 181st Street exit are being redirected to the Jerome Ave. and Major Deegan Exits while the 181st Street exit is closed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes just days after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/10\/us-news\/massive-piece-of-debris-falls-in-nyc-tunnel-leaving-driver-inches-away-from-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">another incident where another massive piece of debris fell along the overpass of the Cross Bronx Expressway, nearly crushing another driver<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A chunk of debris fell from an overpass on the Cross Bronx Expressway \u2013 striking a car below&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13358,57,9,56,63,65,64,8018,129,2023,58],"class_list":["post-230215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-driving","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-roads","tag-the-bronx","tag-traffic","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230215","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=230215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}