Imani Williams charged in fatal Bronx hit-and-run
The Light Turned Green
Police accuse Imani Williams of driving 77 mph and running a red light before she hit livery driver Robert Godwin; the crash record lists one motorist killed at 4:26 a.m. on June 5, 2022, at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street.
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What We Know
Police say Imani Williams was driving a Chevrolet Traverse north on Webster Avenue when she ran a red light and hit livery driver Robert Godwin, who was driving west on East 168th Street. The official record lists the crash at 4:26 a.m. on June 5, 2022, and records one motorist killed. In 2025, police accused Williams of driving 77 mph in a 25-mph zone; she surrendered and was charged with manslaughter and other offenses, the Daily News reported. Godwin, 45, was working an overnight shift, and friends knew him as Troy.
Police say Williams ran a red light.
A 2025 Daily News report said police accused Williams of driving a Chevrolet Traverse north on Webster Avenue, in a bus lane, at 77 mph in a 25-mph zone and running a red light. The report said Godwin, 45, was westbound on East 168th Street and had the right of way before Williams hit his Toyota Camry. The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor.
Reports described the movement after impact differently. The Daily News said the collision pushed Godwin's Camry about 70 feet before the moving vehicles reached parked cars. Norwood News quoted police describing a short push and an estimate that both vehicles traveled about 100 feet north before stopping; that account described both moving vehicles as SUVs.
Webster Avenue and East 168th Street meet in Morrisania.
The official record places the crash at this Bronx intersection at 4:26 a.m. on June 5, 2022, and records one motorist killed. News reports identify the area as Morrisania and describe northbound travel on Webster Avenue crossing westbound travel on East 168th Street.
Friends knew Godwin as Troy.
Godwin, 45, was a livery driver working overnight to make ends meet. ABC7 reported that he was originally from Virginia and shared a home in New York City with his childhood friend and roommate, Michael Marzoa. Friends called him Troy.
After a detective delivered the news, Marzoa told ABC7, "I'm still processing, sitting there looking at his things and knowing he's not there."
Reports differ on the moving vehicles' types.
The official record classifies the involved moving vehicles as a station wagon/SUV and a sedan. The 2025 Daily News and ABC7 identify them as a Chevrolet Traverse and a Toyota Camry; Norwood News, quoting police, described two moving SUVs. CBS reported that the impact sent both moving vehicles into three unoccupied parked cars.
Reports differ on whether Godwin died at the scene.
CBS reported that Godwin was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead there; Norwood News said he died later at Lincoln Hospital. The 2025 Daily News quoted witness David Torres saying, "He was already dead from the hit." The reports do not establish whether he died at the scene or after arriving at a hospital.
Williams surrendered and was charged in 2025.
The Daily News reported that Williams, 26, surrendered with a lawyer at the 44th Precinct on August 7, 2025. Police charged her with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and reckless driving. Police sources told the paper that detectives linked DNA recovered from the driver's seat to Williams after two years.