A three-vehicle accident involving a car driven by former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw sent a woman flying out of her SUV and off a Bronx expressway to her death, police sources said.
Suejaes Estrada, 30, fell 40 feet from the Bruckner Expressway near Amtrak train tracks in Hunts Point.
Emergency crews respond to train tracks where Estrada was thrown
Brokaw and his wife, Meredith, escaped injury in the wreck.
The 1 p.m. crash was set in motion when Estrada tried to avoid debris on the northbound lanes, lost control and careened into the middle lane - sending a U.S. Postal Service mail truck swerving into Brokaw's lane.
"Tom hit the brakes hard and skidded along the median," his statement said. "When the mail truck catapulted the median, the Brokaw vehicle slid into it."
The postal driver, who was not identified, was treated for trauma. Brokaw, 69, and his wife were not hospitalized.
The crash tied up traffic for miles. Six Amtrak trains that run along the Northeast Corridor to Boston were out of service for more than an hour after Estrada landed on the tracks, a spokesman said.
A police source said Estrada, of the Bronx, was speeding. It was unclear whether she was wearing a seat belt...
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