Victim IDed In Fatal 4 Car Pileup On Kosciusko Bridge: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY — Six people were rushed to a local hospital and one died on Thursday morning after a four-car crash on Kosciusko Bridge just before 11 a.m., New York City Police Department officials said.

According to the NYPD, at 10:41 a.m., a 46-year-old man driving a 2024 GMC Sierra pickup truck down the westbound lane of the bridge crashed into a a 2021 Honda HRV and a2012 Chevrolet Silverado, which then collided with a 2018 Kia Sorrento.

Emergency responders rushed several people to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, and 75-year-old Shafiur Rahman, a Texas native, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

All the drivers and the passengers — The 46-year-old man, a 36-year-old man, a 6-year-old boy, a 38-year-old woman, a 40-year-old man, a 49-year-old man, and an 8-year-old girl — were rushed to the hospital in stable condition, police said.

Two lanes of the bridge were closed as a result of the crash, cops said.

The pick-up driver stayed on the scene, and no arrests have been made yet, police said.

This is story has been updated with the name of the victim and the additional details of the crash. For questions and tips, email Miranda.Levingston@Patch.com.