{"id":341789,"date":"2026-09-09T13:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341789\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:34:21","slug":"passenger-killed-driver-critically-injured-after-tesla-crashes-into-scaffolding-in-midtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341789\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger killed, driver critically injured after Tesla crashes into scaffolding in Midtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByEyewitness News  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788960861_390_origin-wabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 9, 2026 10:35AM<\/p>\n<p>NewsCopter 7 was over the scene on East 42nd Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MIDTOWN MANHATTAN (WABC) &#8212; A passenger was killed and the driver was critically injured when a Tesla crashed into scaffolding in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Tesla first struck scaffolding outside 315 Madison Ave. just before 3 a.m., then continued east along East 42nd Street before coming to rest at the intersection of Second Avenue, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The passenger was pronounced dead. The driver was rushed to a hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators spent the morning examining the wreckage and the crash scene on Manhattan&#8217;s East Side. East 42nd Street remained closed west of Second Avenue as police continued their investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials have not said what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Traffic cameras showed the heavily damaged Tesla at the intersection where the vehicle finally stopped after traveling several blocks following the initial collision. Police are continuing to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByEyewitness News Wednesday, September 9, 2026 10:35AM NewsCopter 7 was over the scene on East 42nd Street. MIDTOWN&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[128242,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-341789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-128242","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341789","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=341789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}