Dump truck driver turns, kills woman
A dump truck driver turned left on Einstein Loop and hit a 76-year-old woman crossing with the signal. Morning light, clear weather, legal walk — she died in the crosswalk while the truck showed no damage.
What We Know
A 62-year-old man driving a Riverbay Corp. dump truck made a left turn off Hutchinson River Parkway East and hit Lola Blair in Co-op City, police told the Daily News. The official crash record places the collision at Hutchinson River Parkway East and Einstein Loop and says the 76-year-old pedestrian was crossing with the signal at the intersection. Medics took Blair, who lived in Co-op City, to Jacobi Medical Center, where she died. Police told the Daily News the driver went a short distance and then circled back to the scene.
A left-turning driver hit a woman crossing with the signal
The official record says the 76-year-old pedestrian was at an intersection and crossing with the signal when she was killed. Police told the Daily News that a 62-year-old man driving a dump truck made a left turn off Hutchinson River Parkway East and hit Lola Blair.
The crash happened at a Co-op City intersection
The city crash record places the collision on Hutchinson River Parkway East at Einstein Loop in the Bronx. The Daily News, citing police, reported that Blair was crossing Einstein Loop in Co-op City when the driver made the turn.
Lola Blair was a Co-op City resident
The Daily News identified the woman killed as Lola Blair, 76, and reported that she lived in the sprawling Bronx apartment complex. Medics took her to Jacobi Medical Center, where she died.
The official record describes a dump truck making a left turn
The official record lists a 2021 KW truck or bus-class dump truck traveling east with one licensed male driver and says the driver was making a left turn before the crash. The Daily News reported that the dump truck belonged to Riverbay Corp., which runs Co-op City.
Police said the driver returned to the scene
Police told the Daily News that the 62-year-old driver went a short distance and then circled back to the scene. The newspaper reported the next day that the crash remained under investigation.