One Dead – Out-of-Control Driver Slams Into Cyclist, Delivery Workers, and Vehicles outside Apollo Theater in Harlem

MARCH 19 2026 MANHATTAN, NEW YORK – One Person is dead after Out-of-Control Speeding Driver Slams Into Crowd of People, Cyclists, and Multiple Vehicles outside of Apollo Theater in Harlem.

One pedestrian was killed and another critically injured after a speeding SUV plowed into people, cyclists, and multiple vehicles near the Apollo Theater Thursday night, according to police. The crash happened around 8 p.m. at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, where authorities say a red Hyundai Tucson driven by a 49-year-old man lost control, struck two delivery workers on bikes, hit a tractor-trailer and an unoccupied NYPD vehicle, and sent victims flying. Witnesses said the vehicle was traveling at high speed and appeared out of control.

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