Police said the 32-year-old moped rider crashed in Bedford Park during the evening rush, and investigators are now reviewing the collision and the moments that led to it.
NEW YORK, NY — A 32-year-old delivery driver was killed Wednesday evening after his moped collided with an MTA Bx28 bus in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, police said, shutting down a busy corridor near Jerome Avenue as officers and medics rushed to the scene.
The crash quickly became more than a routine traffic fatality. Police said the rider, identified by friends as Andy Peralta, had been traveling the wrong way before the collision and may have been fleeing officers moments earlier. That left investigators looking at both the impact itself and the actions that came before it, including why officers tried to stop him and whether a brief pursuit followed department rules. The death also added to a recent run of deadly crashes involving delivery workers in and around the Bronx, where mopeds, e-bikes, buses and heavy traffic often crowd the same streets during the afternoon rush.
Authorities said the collision happened just before 5:15 p.m. near Jerome Avenue and West Mosholu Parkway South, close to Tracey Towers and along a stretch used by the Bx28 route. News 12 reported that Peralta was riding westbound when his moped and the bus collided head-on. In a later account, the station said police believed Peralta had first been spotted traveling the wrong way near East 205th Street and Jerome Avenue. Officers tried to stop him, but he did not pull over and sped off, according to that report. Police said he then made a U-turn and accelerated toward West Mosholu Parkway South, where the crash occurred minutes later. Emergency crews began life-saving efforts in the street before taking him to St. Barnabas Hospital. He was later pronounced dead. Witness Jean Molina told News 12 the aftermath was immediate and violent. There was blood right away, Molina said, and the rider came in fast before the impact.
Video from the scene showed a shattered front windshield on the Bx28 bus, wreckage scattered across the roadway and a destroyed moped near the bus. A delivery bag believed to belong to the rider could also be seen near the crash site. News 12 reported that at least 20 passengers were on the bus when the collision happened. No other serious injuries were immediately reported. The bus driver stayed at the scene and was cooperating with investigators, according to the station. Family members told the outlet the driver was badly shaken but trying to stay strong. That detail underscored how the crash rippled beyond the rider and his family. Passengers on board were caught in a sudden violent collision during the evening commute, and the operator was left to answer investigators’ questions while coping with a fatal crash in front of a full bus. Police had not announced charges as of Friday, and officials had not publicly released a formal account explaining the exact path of each vehicle in the final seconds before impact.
The location helps explain why the crash drew such immediate attention. The Bx28 runs through Bedford Park and nearby neighborhoods, with stops that include West Mosholu Parkway South and Jerome Avenue. It carries riders through a corridor where local traffic, buses, delivery workers and pedestrians all press through the same intersections. Residents near the crash site told News 12 they have long worried about safety in the area. One neighbor said the fatal collision felt like another warning after seeing other people hurt nearby. The death also came less than a month after another delivery worker from the Bronx, 28-year-old Darly Zacarius, was killed in an unrelated crash in Harlem. That earlier case involved an SUV driver accused of hitting two men on e-bikes outside the Apollo Theater. Together, the two deaths added to public concern over the risks delivery workers face while moving through congested streets on two wheels, often during peak traffic hours and under time pressure tied to app-based jobs.
What remains unsettled is how much weight investigators will place on the reported police encounter before the crash. News 12 said witness video showed the moped speeding through the area as officers tried to intervene. The station also reported that police sources said the question of whether the pursuit was warranted is under investigation. That matters because the NYPD changed its pursuit rules in 2025, saying officers may engage in vehicle pursuits for serious and violent crimes, not for traffic infractions or nonviolent misdemeanors. The department’s Collision Investigation Squad is handling the fatal crash review, the unit that investigates collisions involving a death or critical injury. NYPD guidance says such investigations can take months, especially when detectives are collecting video, examining vehicles, reconstructing movements and coordinating with prosecutors. As of Friday, police had not publicly said whether any officer violated policy, whether departmental body camera or surveillance footage had been collected, or whether the case would be reviewed by prosecutors for any possible criminal charges tied to the crash or the events before it.
On the street, the crash left behind the kind of details that stay with witnesses long after police tape comes down. Molina described a chaotic scene as first responders worked around the wrecked moped and damaged bus. Images from the area showed evening traffic stalled, emergency lights washing over the pavement and the bus fixed in place with its windshield punched through by the force of the collision. Friends told News 12 that Peralta was working as an Uber Eats delivery driver and was between orders when the events began. That made the scene feel painfully ordinary and sudden at the same time: a worker moving through a familiar route, a full city bus on its regular run, then a crash that stopped both. For neighbors, the reaction mixed grief and frustration. For the driver and passengers, it was a violent interruption to a routine trip. For Peralta’s friends, it was the abrupt end of a working day that did not look unusual until it turned fatal.
The case remained under investigation Friday, with the next major milestone expected when police release a fuller account of the collision or determine whether the reported pursuit complied with department policy.
Author note: Last updated April 10, 2026.