NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — A 43-year-old man was killed and another was injured in a hit-and-run on the Whitestone Expressway early Saturday morning when a Mercedes Benz hit the men, who had exited their vehicles following a crash, the NYPD said.
At about 6:15 a.m. police responded to a report of a collision in the northbound lanes of the Whitestone Expressway, near Linden Place.
An investigation found that a 2012 Scion iQ sedan, driven by 43-year-old David Berney, and a 2024 Toyota Rav4 SUV, driven by a 28-year-old man, were involved in a crash that left their vehicles in the center lanes.
Officials said that both drivers and the 27-year-old passenger of the Toyota exited their vehicles and were standing in the roadway, behind the Toyota, when a 2014 Mercedes Benz SUV slammed into the cars, Berney and the passenger.
Berney, of Jackson Heights, was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS, police said.
The 27-year-old was transported by private means to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital in stable condition.