NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 5, 2024) — On October 2nd, 2024, at about 2:10 pm, the New Rochelle Police Department responded to the area of North Avenue and Mayflower Avenue on a report of motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and a utility work van.
It was the second serious collision on North Avenue involving a box truck in the past 10 days. On September 25 a female, pedestrian was fatally struck while crossing North Avenue and Lockwood Avenue, about 3/4 of a mile away.
Upon Police arrival, the motorcyclist was found to be in serious condition with severe injury to his left leg. A passerby who witnessed the accident immediately rendered aid and applied pressure to the injury. Police on scene then applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
The motorcyclist, a 60-year-old New Rochelle man, was taken to Jacobi hospital by ambulance to undergo surgery to his left leg and is currently listed in stable condition. The driver of the utility work van was not injured.
This accident is being investigated by the New Rochelle Police Department Traffic Unit. North Avenue between 5th Avenue and Eastchester Road was cordoned off for approximately 3 hours. Traffic was then reopened in all direction.
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