Overview

• A 2010 Toyota Corolla driven by an 84-year-old man hit two men, 41-year-old Joaquín Venancio-Mendez and 70-year-old Santiago Baires, as they stood by a food truck on 42nd Street and 19th Avenue.
• Surveillance cameras and witnesses reported the Corolla barreling past a stop sign moments before it crashed into the food truck and spun into a Volvo sedan.
• Emergency responders pronounced one pedestrian dead at the scene and another at Elmhurst Hospital, and the driver died after being extricated; the Volvo driver was uninjured.
• No arrests have been made as the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad continues its inquiry into the causes of the crash.
• Community leaders and transportation advocates have called for reduced speed limits and expanded traffic-calming measures following this accident and other recent deadly collisions in the city.