Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://bcad.org/video/?vid=BVFTYfAz3oC Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bob Simon, veteran ’60 Minutes’ correspondent, killed in car crash [LAZ0X1fRdyl] Health Updated on August 08, 2026 EDT — Published on August 08, 2026 EDT Veteran CBS television correspondent Bob Simon was killed late Wednesday night in a car accident on New York City’s West Side Highway. Simon, a longtime correspondent for CBS’s “60 Minutes,” was in the back seat of a livery cab about 6:45 p.m. when the driver lost control, sideswiped a Mercedes-Benz and ran into a metal median separating traffic on the highway, according to the New York Police Department. When police arrived at the scene, Simon was unconscious and unresponsive with injuries to his head and torso. He was transported to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, where he was pronounced dead. He was 73. D1kkAQbfCZm GPNgJPvDRqe F1IiQjkCo8Q Oxx8k5pl5qf eKHjqf5XJ1d qe5fn2PpO51 TYDQNFJxi8G
Veteran CBS television correspondent Bob Simon was killed late Wednesday night in a car accident on New York City’s West Side Highway. Simon, a longtime correspondent for CBS’s “60 Minutes,” was in the back seat of a livery cab about 6:45 p.m. when the driver lost control, sideswiped a Mercedes-Benz and ran into a metal median separating traffic on the highway, according to the New York Police Department. When police arrived at the scene, Simon was unconscious and unresponsive with injuries to his head and torso. He was transported to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, where he was pronounced dead. He was 73. D1kkAQbfCZm GPNgJPvDRqe F1IiQjkCo8Q Oxx8k5pl5qf eKHjqf5XJ1d qe5fn2PpO51 TYDQNFJxi8G