Driver charged after fatal left turn at Bronx intersection.
A westbound driver turning left from Bouck Avenue onto Burke Avenue struck Elizabeth Wolmart, 51, in a marked crosswalk at about 12:30 p.m. on April 28, 2022; the city record lists one pedestrian killed.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Norwood News reported that a westbound driver turned left from Bouck Avenue onto Burke Avenue and struck Wolmart as she crossed. The city record places her in a marked crosswalk and lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. Norwood News reported that EMS took her to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, and that police arrested and charged the driver.
Police described a westbound left turn.
Norwood News, citing a preliminary police investigation, reported that a 32-year-old man driving west on Bouck Avenue turned left onto Burke Avenue and struck Wolmart as she crossed. The city record says the pedestrian was crossing in a marked crosswalk and records one pedestrian killed.
Norwood News reported that police found Wolmart with head and body injuries and that EMS took her to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Wolmart lived in Laconia.
Norwood News identified the pedestrian as Elizabeth Wolmart, 51, of Burke Avenue in the Bronx's Laconia neighborhood.
Reports described the vehicle differently.
Norwood News reported that the driver was in a white Mercedes-Benz; the city record classifies the vehicle as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle.
Police arrested and charged the driver.
Norwood News reported that police arrested the driver and charged him with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care; El Diario NY reported the same charges. Norwood News identified him as Zavee Georges, 32, of Co-op City; El Diario NY spelled his first name Savee and also reported that he was 32 and from Co-op City.
The city record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. Norwood News reported that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
Where
BOUCK AVENUE and BURKE AVENUE