Overview
- The red Hyundai Tucson lost control just after 8 p.m. Thursday on West 125th Street near Frederick Douglass Boulevard, steps from the Apollo Theater.
- Two cyclists described as delivery workers were struck; a 28-year-old died at Mount Sinai Morningside and a 33-year-old remains in critical condition at Harlem Hospital.
- The vehicle then hit a Toyota RAV4 driven by a 40-year-old man, an occupied parked Lexus with men ages 28 and 23, an unoccupied NYPD cruiser, and an unoccupied tractor-trailer.
- Authorities have not determined whether impairment or a medical episode was a factor, and officials have not released the victims’ names pending family notification.
- Witnesses and surveillance footage depict the SUV accelerating and dragging victims as debris flew and bystanders scrambled to get out of the way.