SUV plunges from Bronx highway onto pickup in lot

BRONX

Just after 7 a.m. Saturday, police say the driver of an Accura SUV going north on the /*Bronx River Parkway*/ lost control and hit a divider embankment. The vehicle then bounced through two lanes of traffic and plunged 20 feet down over a guard rail, landing on a pickup truck in a parking lot.

The driver, a 28-year-old man, and a passenger, a 22-year-old woman, are being treated at /*Jacobi Hospital*/. Authorities say their injuries are not life-threatening.

The cause of the accident near the /*Bronx Zoo*/ is under investigation.

The names of the driver and passenger were not released, since no charges have been filed.

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