{"id":369264,"date":"2026-10-09T21:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369264\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:22:08","slug":"one-killed-3-injured-as-reckless-nyc-mercedes-driver-mows-down-pedestrians-while-trying-to-beat-light-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369264\/","title":{"rendered":"One killed, 3 injured as reckless NYC Mercedes driver mows down pedestrians while trying to beat light: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reckless Mercedes driver trying to beat the light <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/car-crashes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">whizzed through a Bronx intersection<\/a> and mowed down four pedestrians \u2014 killing one \u2014 in a wild broad daylight scene Friday, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was heading west on Allerton Avenue when he blew through a steady red light at the Holland Avenue intersection around 2:15 p.m. and hit four women \u2014 between the ages of 50 and 60 \u2014 crossing in the crosswalk, according to the sources.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD officers work at the scene of a multiple vehicle crash at Holland Avenue and Allerton Avenue Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in The Bronx, New York. A white car struck pedestrians in a crosswalk at a high speed, sending them flying. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>New York City Police Department officers stand at the scene of a multiple vehicle crash at Holland Avenue and Allerton Avenue in the Bronx, New York, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. A white car struck pedestrians in a crosswalk at a high speed, sending them flying. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>They were taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where one woman died, two are listed in critical condition and another is expected to survive, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes driver also struck two other vehicles, according to the sources.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Police Department officers are at the scene of a multiple vehicle crash at Holland Avenue and Allerton Avenue in the Bronx borough of New York, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. A white car struck pedestrians in a crosswalk at a high speed, sending them flying. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The motorist, who was conscious and alert with minor injuries, told a witness he was trying to beat the light, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The FDNY reported that EMS treated nine people following the wild collision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A reckless Mercedes driver trying to beat the light whizzed through a Bronx intersection and mowed down four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[254,57,9,56,63,65,64,10485,129,58],"class_list":["post-369264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-car-crashes","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-speeding","tag-the-bronx","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369264","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=369264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}