Driver Charged in Bronx Hit-and-Run That Killed Livery Driver
Police say Imani Williams was speeding when she hit Robert Godwin's livery cab at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street, where the city crash record logged one 45-year-old driver killed and unsafe speed.
What We Know
According to the police report, around 4:26 a.m. on Webster Avenue near East 168th Street, the driver of a northbound Chevy SUV traveled at unsafe speed, hit several parked vehicles, then crashed into a westbound sedan making a left turn. The 45-year-old male SUV driver, who was belted in, sustained fatal head injuries and was pronounced dead. Police recorded unsafe speed as the contributing factor in the crash.
Police described a high-speed crash before dawn
The Daily News later reported that police accused Imani Williams of driving north on Webster Avenue in a Chevrolet Traverse, going through a red light and hitting Godwin's Camry. The official crash record lists unsafe speed and records Godwin as the driver who was killed.
The intersection sits on a heavily crash-burdened Bronx corridor
The crash location was Webster Avenue and East 168th Street in the Bronx. CrashCountNYC's Webster Avenue corridor context counts 1,562 crashes, 1,088 injuries, 74 serious injuries and 5 deaths since 2022.
Those corridor totals place Godwin's death within a broader pattern of harm on Webster Avenue, not as an isolated data point.
Godwin was working as a livery driver
Robert Godwin
Godwin was 45 and driving a TLC-plated Toyota Camry. The Daily News described him as an outgoing livery cab and professional driver who was nearing the end of an overnight shift. Police said he suffered neck and body trauma and died.
Witness and passenger accounts
Witness David Torres told the Daily News that Godwin had stopped for a red light and entered the intersection when it turned green. News accounts differed on passengers: a 2022 account said the driver left passengers behind, while a 2025 account said two passengers also ran off.
Records and news reports identified the vehicles involved
City records list a northbound Chevrolet SUV going straight, a westbound Toyota sedan making a left turn, and three parked vehicles. News reports identified the Toyota as a Camry with TLC plates and the Chevrolet as a Traverse.
The official record shows damage to the Toyota's left-side doors and to the Chevrolet's front end. A 2025 Daily News account said the force pushed Godwin's Camry about 70 feet before both moving vehicles came into contact with parked vehicles.
Speed and a red light were central to the police account
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. The Daily News reported that police accused Williams of traveling 77 mph in a 25 mph zone, using a bus lane and going through a red light before she hit Godwin's Camry.
Torres, the witness, estimated the Chevrolet driver was going about 75 mph and said other drivers on Webster Avenue were stopping for the light as Godwin entered the intersection.
Detectives linked the case to Williams in 2025
The Daily News reported that NYPD collision investigators recovered DNA from the driver's-side seat and later linked it to Williams, according to police sources. Police said she was about a half-mile from home at the time of the crash.
The charges reported in 2025 were accusations, not findings of guilt. The available sources did not include a court disposition.