Dump truck driver charged after fatal Co-op City crash.
Police said Vincent Francis was driving a dump truck that struck Lola Blair, 76, at Einstein Loop and Hutchinson River Parkway East in Co-op City; the Daily News reported the driver was turning left, and city records place the crash at 11:46 a.m. on March 7, 2022.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
The Daily News reported that Blair was crossing Einstein Loop when the dump truck driver turned left from Hutchinson River Parkway East and hit her; the crash record says she was crossing with the signal. The Daily News said the driver circled back after traveling a short distance, while later reports said Francis was charged with leaving the scene.
A driver turned onto Einstein Loop.
The Daily News reported that Blair was crossing Einstein Loop when a dump truck driver turned left from Hutchinson River Parkway East and hit her. The crash record places the collision at 11:46 a.m. on March 7, 2022, and records Blair as crossing with the signal.
The Daily News and Patch reported that Riverbay Corp., which runs Co-op City, owned the dump truck.
Blair lived in Co-op City.
The Daily News identified Blair as 76 and a resident of Co-op City. It reported that medics took her to Jacobi Medical Center, where she died; Patch also reported that she died after being taken there.
Later reports described charges and a different account of what followed.
The Daily News reported that police said the driver traveled a short distance and then circled back to the scene. Patch later reported that Vincent Francis, 62, of Monroe, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, failure to yield to a pedestrian, and failure to exercise due care resulting in serious injury. News 12 reported that police accused Francis of striking Blair and fleeing.
Where
HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY EAST and EINSTEIN LOOP