Driver turning left hits pedestrian in fatal Upper West Side crash.
A driver turning left from Amsterdam Avenue onto West 93rd Street hit Beatriz Diaz, 43, at the intersection on Jan. 24, 2022, in a crash recorded at 11:51 a.m. with one pedestrian killed, according to police reports and the city record.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police told Patch that a driver turned left from Amsterdam Avenue onto West 93rd Street and hit Diaz. News reports described a white van, while the official record lists a 2015 Nissan in the station wagon or sport utility vehicle category. The driver remained at the scene, and contemporaneous reports said no arrest had been made.
The driver turned left onto West 93rd Street.
Police told Patch that around 11:50 a.m., the driver of a white Nissan van turned left from Amsterdam Avenue onto West 93rd Street and hit the woman. The official record logs the crash at 11:51 a.m. and records one pedestrian killed.
Streetsblog reported that Diaz was crossing in the intersection. A witness told the outlet that Diaz was dragged 20 feet down the block from the crosswalk.
Patch and Our Town reported that responders took Diaz to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Diaz was 43 and lived in Crown Heights.
Our Town identified the pedestrian as Beatriz Diaz, 43. Streetsblog reported that she lived in Crown Heights.
Reports differ on the vehicle's type.
Patch described a white Nissan van, and Our Town and Streetsblog also described the vehicle as a van. The official record lists a 2015 Nissan in the station wagon or sport utility vehicle category.
The driver stayed at the scene.
Patch reported that the driver remained at the scene, was uninjured, and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. Contemporaneous reports from Patch and Our Town said no arrest had been made; Streetsblog reported that the driver had not been charged.
Where
AMSTERDAM AVENUE and WEST 93 STREET