{"id":352750,"date":"2026-09-21T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352750\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:00:12","slug":"pedestrian-70-hit-and-killed-by-wrong-way-driver-in-the-bronx-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352750\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian, 70, hit and killed by wrong-way driver in the Bronx: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) &#8212; A 70-year-old man was hit and killed by a wrong-way driver in a Bronx hit-and-run Monday morning, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pedestrian was struck near East Tremont and Park avenues just before 6 a.m., according to the NYPD. The man died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A pedestrian was hit and killed in the Bronx on Sept. 21, 2026. (Credit: Citizen)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/wpix_new_york_city_ny_articles_672\/111ea8247dc3895766494b5d0fad771d.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian was hit and killed in the Bronx on Sept. 21, 2026. (Credit: Citizen)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said a white vehicle was heading north in a southbound Park Avenue lane when it hit the unidentified man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver then fled the scene. There have been no arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:crimestoppers.nypdonline.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mira Wassef is an award-winning reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined the PIX11 News digital team in 2022. See more of her work <a data-ylk=\"slk:here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/mira-wassef\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) &#8212; A 70-year-old man was hit and killed by a wrong-way driver in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,3348,9,24,63,103,131608,129,131,130,131607],"class_list":["post-352750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-east-tremont","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-park-avenues","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-wrong-way-driver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352750","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=352750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}