3-Car_JJ Bronx_NP1 Crash_NN1 Kills_VVZ Woman_NN1 and_CC Leaves_VVZ Tom_NP1 Brokaw_NP1 Unhurt_JJ A_ZZ1 woman_NN1 was_VBDZ killed_VVN in_II a_AT1 three-vehicle_JJ crash_NN1 in_II the_AT Bronx_NP1 on_II Friday_NPD1 that_CST also_RR involved_VVN a_AT1 car_NN1 driven_VVN by_II Tom_NP1 Brokaw_NP1 ,_, the_AT former_DA NBC_NP1 news_NN1 anchor_NN1 ,_, officials_NN2 said_VVD ._. 
Neither_RR Mr._NNB Brokaw_NP1 nor_CC his_APPGE wife_NN1 ,_, Meredith_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS were_VBDR traveling_VVG in_II a_AT1 2006_MC Volvo_NP1 station_NN1 wagon_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ injured_VVN in_II the_AT crash_NN1 at_II 12:57_MC p.m._RA ,_, which_DDQ investigators_NN2 believe_VV0 was_VBDZ caused_VVN by_II debris_NN1 along_II the_AT northbound_NN1 lanes_NN2 of_IO the_AT Bruckner_NN1 Expressway_NN1 ._. 
The_AT dead_JJ woman_NN1 ,_, Suejas_NP2 Estrada_NN1 of_IO the_AT Bronx_NP1 ,_, was_VBDZ thrown_VVN through_II the_AT driver_NN1 's_GE side_NN1 window_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE 1998_MC Ford_NP1 Expedition_NN1 ,_, the_AT police_NN2 said_VVD ._. 
In_II a_AT1 statement_NN1 issued_VVN through_II NBC_NP1 ,_, Mr._NNB Brokaw_NP1 ,_, 69_MC ,_, said_VVD that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ in_II the_AT highway_NN1 's_GE left_JJ lane_NN1 when_CS the_AT Ford_NP1 S.U.V._NP1 "_" came_VVD up_RP fast_RR ,_, "_" trying_VVG to_TO avoid_VVI a_AT1 spool_NN1 of_IO cable_NN1 bouncing_VVG in_II the_AT right_JJ lane_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Expedition_NN1 veered_VVD left_JJ ,_, forcing_VVG a_AT1 Postal_JJ Service_NN1 truck_NN1 in_II the_AT center_NN1 lane_NN1 into_II the_AT left_JJ lane_NN1 ahead_II21 of_II22 Mr._NNB Brokaw_NP1 's_GE wagon_NN1 ._. 
The_AT police_NN2 said_VVD that_CST the_AT northbound_NN1 Expedition_NN1 hit_VVD the_AT mail_NN1 truck_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ mounted_VVD a_AT1 divider_NN1 separating_VVG the_AT northbound_NN1 and_CC southbound_JJ lanes_NN2 and_CC veered_VVD onto_II a_AT1 shoulder_NN1 ._. 
The_AT driver_NN1 of_IO the_AT Postal_JJ Service_NN1 truck_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 54-year-old_JJ man_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ taken_VVN to_II Westchester_NP1 Medical_JJ Center_NN1 with_IW bumps_NN2 and_CC bruises_NN2 on_II his_APPGE shoulder_NN1 ,_, the_AT police_NN2 said_VVD ._. 
"_" As_II the_AT mail_NN1 truck_NN1 careened_VVD into_II the_AT Brokaw_NN1 lane_NN1 ,_, Tom_NP1 hit_VVD the_AT brakes_NN2 hard_RR and_CC skidded_VVD along_II the_AT median_NN1 ,_, "_" the_AT statement_NN1 from_II Mr._NNB Brokaw_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS lives_VVZ in_II Manhattan_NP1 ,_, said_VVD ._. 
"_" When_CS the_AT mail_NN1 truck_NN1 catapulted_VVD the_AT median_NN1 ,_, the_AT Brokaw_NN1 vehicle_NN1 slid_VVD into_II it_PPH1 ._. "_" 
The_AT accident_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ occurred_VVD near_RL where_CS the_AT Bruckner_NN1 merges_VVZ with_IW the_AT Sheridan_NP1 Expressway_NN1 ,_, tied_VVD up_RP traffic_NN1 for_IF several_DA2 hours_NNT2 Friday_NPD1 afternoon_NNT1 ._. 
The_AT spool_NN1 of_IO wire_NN1 that_CST apparently_RR set_VVN off_RP the_AT crash_NN1 had_VHD not_XX been_VBN found_VVN as_II21 of_II22 Friday_NPD1 evening_NNT1 ,_, the_AT police_NN2 said_VVD ,_, adding_VVG that_CST there_EX was_VBDZ no_AT criminality_NN1 involved_VVN ._. 
