YONKERS – A Yonkers city police officer was struck and killed in a multi-vehicle accident that occurred on Tuckahoe Road at the Sprain Brook Parkway overpass around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The victim, a sergeant, was a 24-year veteran of the department.
Investigators said he was traveling westbound in an unmarked police vehicle on Tuckahoe Road when a BMW sedan traveling eastbound crossed into the opposite lanes, striking the sergeant’s car and a Westchester County Bee-Line bus.
The officer, who was alone in his vehicle, was transported to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The driver of the BMW, who was also alone in his car, was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
The bus driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and several of the approximately 30 passengers were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.
