Prosecutors indicted a driver after an Inwood crash killed two pedestrians.
The late appointment
Prosecutors alleged Leandro Diaz-Ramirez drove 59 mph through a red light before a collision at Sherman Avenue and West 207th Street at 4 a.m. on Aug. 3, 2022; the official record lists two pedestrians killed and five people injured.
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What We Know
Prosecutors alleged Diaz-Ramirez drove a BMW through a red light at 59 mph before a collision at Sherman Avenue and West 207th Street on Aug. 3, 2022. Reports said the collision sent a Subaru onto the sidewalk, where two pedestrians were struck, but early accounts differed on how the vehicles met and how the Subaru was classified. Police arrested Diaz-Ramirez in September, and prosecutors announced an indictment in October.
Reports differ on how the collision unfolded.
The official record places the crash at Sherman Avenue and West 207th Street at 4 a.m. on Aug. 3, 2022, and records two pedestrian deaths and five injuries. Prosecutors later alleged Diaz-Ramirez was driving a BMW at 59 mph through a red light. ABC7 and amNewYork reported that the collision sent a Subaru onto the sidewalk, where two pedestrians were struck.
Gothamist, citing police, said a northbound BMW driver collided with a southbound Subaru whose driver was turning left. NY1 reported that police believed a northbound driver swerved into the southbound lane. The official record lists the BMW traveling north and the Subaru west, with both going straight.
Gothamist and ABC7 described the Subaru as a sedan; the New York Post called it a Forester SUV. The official record classifies it as a station wagon or SUV.
Adames and Fernandez had close ties to family and community.
ABC7 identified the pedestrians killed as Joel Adames, 31, and David Fernandez, 40, and described them as friends. Family members told ABC7 that Adames worked as a food delivery driver and looked forward to his daughter's second birthday. Loved ones described Fernandez as a family barber who loved dancing and was nicknamed "David la Salsa."
ABC7 and amNewYork reported that both men were taken to hospitals and pronounced dead there. The Daily News described them as having died instantly in its account of surveillance video.
The driver was arrested and later indicted.
Police arrested Diaz-Ramirez on Sept. 14, 2022. On Oct. 3, the Manhattan district attorney announced his indictment. The charges included manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide for both deaths, and four assault counts related to injuries to four people. Prosecutors alleged Diaz-Ramirez was traveling 59 mph in a 25 mph zone when he went through the red light.
Where
SHERMAN AVENUE and WEST 207 STREET