Driver fatally injured 99-year-old pedestrian in Riverdale
A 53-year-old driver making a left turn in a 2022 Mazda CX9 SUV fatally injured 99-year-old Bernice Schwartz in a marked crosswalk at W. 235th St. and Oxford Ave., and the official record lists failure to yield as a contributing factor.
What We Know
Bernice Schwartz was crossing at W. 235th St. and Oxford Ave. on the morning of July 27, 2022, when a driver making a left turn in a 2022 Mazda CX9 SUV fatally injured her, according to the Daily News and city crash data. The official record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor, and the vehicle record also lists glare. The Daily News reported that police were investigating whether the driver ignored a stop sign and that no charges had been filed at the time of publication.
A left turn at a marked crosswalk
City crash data records the crash at 8:30 a.m. on July 27, 2022, at W. 235th St. and Oxford Ave. in the Bronx. The fatality record says the pedestrian was crossing at an intersection in a marked crosswalk with no signal.
The Daily News identified the pedestrian as Bernice Schwartz, 99. The article reported that a 53-year-old driver in a 2022 Mazda CX9 SUV was making a left turn when he mortally injured her, and that she died at St. Barnabas Hospital after suffering severe head injuries.
W. 235th Street had a recent record of injuries
The crash was recorded at W. 235th St. and Oxford Ave. in the Bronx, near Schwartz's Riverdale home, according to the Daily News and the official crash record.
CrashCountNYC's location context for W. 235th Street in the Bronx counted 41 crashes, 16 injuries, 1 serious injury and 1 death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Schwartz was remembered as active and beloved
The Daily News described Schwartz as a widow and grandmother whose 100th birthday was approaching. Family and neighbors remembered her as full of life, and the article reported that she had emailed her daughter-in-law before heading out to mail a letter.
A neighbor told the Daily News that she and Schwartz had often spoken about dangers at the crosswalk where she was mortally injured.
The driver was turning left in a Mazda SUV
The official vehicle record describes a 2022 Mazda SUV traveling north with one occupant and making a left turn before the crash. The Daily News reported that the driver was 53 years old.
Failure to yield was listed; police examined a stop sign question
The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. The vehicle record also lists glare.
The Daily News reported that police were investigating whether the driver ignored a stop sign before the fatal collision and that no charges had been filed when the article was published.