- Carlos Pereyra-Batista, 18, was driving his 2002 Honda Accord west on the Cross Bronx Expressway in Tremont, New York, around 4.20am on Saturday
- The speeding car came up on stopped traffic and slammed into a tractor-trailer before spinning into a guard rail and rebounding into a Toyota RAV4
- Batista was pronounced dead on the scene and his 17-year-old male passenger was rushed to the hospital in critical condition
- It wasn’t clear whether Batista was intoxicated at the time of the collision but there have been no arrests and the investigation is ongoing
A teen driver speeding on a Bronx highway was killed when he caused a three-car crash early on Saturday.
Carlos Pereyra-Batista, 18, was driving his 2002 Honda Accord west on the Cross Bronx Expressway in Tremont around 4.20am.
When he came upon stopped traffic he slammed into a 1997 international tractor trailer, police said.
Batista then lost control of the car, spinning into a guard rail before rebounding and hitting a white Toyota RAV4, according to police.
Batista was pronounced dead on the scene and his 17-year-old male passenger was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
A teen driver speeding on a Bronx highway was killed when he caused a three-car crash at around 4.20am on Saturday. The scene is shown above
The crash occurred on the Cross Bronx Expressway in Tremont when a speeding driver came on stopped traffic and slammed into a tractor trailer. The driver then lost control of the car, spinning into a guard rail before rebounding and hitting a white Toyota RAV4, police said
Batista’s grieving relatives arrived on the scene and were sobbing and hugging each other.
The 66-year-old male driver of the tractor-trailer and the male Toyota driver, 29, were not injured.
It wasn’t clear whether Batista was intoxicated at the time of the collision, police said.
There have been no arrests and the investigation is ongoing. CBS New York footage shows the scene following the crash.
A memorial has been set up in front of Batista’s home in Claremont Village.
Batista was usually found helping his family run a Dominican food stand in nearby Mott Haven, neighbors said.
‘This can’t be!’ neighbor Louise Morgan, 53, told NY Daily News when she saw the memorial. ‘I’ve known him since he moved into the building. He’s a good kid.’