Overview

• A late-night seven-vehicle collision near East Gun Hill Road on the southbound Bronx River Parkway triggered two linked crashes just after midnight Monday.
• Two men, ages 21 and 23, on mopeds were ejected in the initial collision and later died at Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore Hospital, NYPD said.
• All southbound traffic was detoured at East 233rd Street for the investigation and lanes reopened around 8:30 a.m., with drivers advised to use the Major Deegan Expressway.
• Preliminary reports from law-enforcement sources indicate a 2019 Mercedes C-Class changed lanes, rear-ended a Volkswagen GTI and then struck the moped riders.
• NYPD has taken the Mercedes driver into custody, and sources report he faces vehicular manslaughter and impaired-driving charges, though formal charges have not been announced.