Bronx driver charged after fatal pedestrian crash
Driver Ramon Cedeno-Ortiz was reported by Norwood News to have struck Tian-Rong Lin, 62, while turning at Olmstead Avenue and Seward Avenue; the official record lists one pedestrian killed there at 11:02 a.m. on May 14, 2022.
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What We Know
Norwood News reported that a preliminary police investigation said Cedeno-Ortiz was driving a 2004 Ford van south on Olmstead Avenue and turned left onto Seward Avenue, where he struck Lin as she crossed. The article said EMS took Lin to Jacobi Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, and that Cedeno-Ortiz remained at the scene before being arrested and charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care. The official record logs one pedestrian killed at 11:02 a.m. on May 14, 2022, and lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. The vehicle accounts differ: Norwood News calls it a van and gives southbound travel; the record classifies it as a station wagon/SUV and lists eastward travel. Both sources describe a left turn.
A left turn preceded the collision.
Norwood News reported that a preliminary police investigation said a 54-year-old man drove a 2004 Ford van south on Olmstead Avenue, turned left onto Seward Avenue and struck Lin as she crossed. The article later identified the driver as Ramon Cedeno-Ortiz and reported that EMS took Lin to Jacobi Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The official record dates the crash to May 14, 2022, at 11:02 a.m. at Olmstead Avenue and Seward Avenue in the Bronx. It records one pedestrian killed and no injuries.
Lin was identified as a Unionport resident.
Norwood News identified Tian-Rong Lin as a 62-year-old resident of Unionport in the Bronx. The official record describes her as crossing in a marked crosswalk at an intersection without a signal.
The sources differ on the vehicle's subtype and direction.
Norwood News described Cedeno-Ortiz's vehicle as a 2004 Ford van traveling south on Olmstead Avenue before the left turn. The official record classifies the 2004 Ford as a station wagon/SUV and lists eastward travel and a left turn. The reports agree on the turn but differ on vehicle subtype and direction.
Cedeno-Ortiz remained at the scene and was charged.
Norwood News reported Cedeno-Ortiz remained at the scene, was arrested, and was charged that afternoon with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care. The article said the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. The charges are allegations, and Cedeno-Ortiz is presumed innocent unless convicted.
The official record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor.
Where
OLMSTEAD AVENUE and SEWARD AVENUE