Hit-and-run driver fatally injured pedestrian on Riverside Drive
A hit-and-run driver fatally injured a 47-year-old pedestrian at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street in Manhattan around 2:42 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2022, police said.
What We Know
A driver in a Jeep SUV was recorded traveling north and going straight ahead on Riverside Drive at West 147th Street shortly before 2:42 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2022. Police told the New York Post that a hit-and-run driver hit a man there around 2:45 a.m. and left the scene. The 47-year-old pedestrian was taken to Harlem Hospital with head trauma and died, according to police and the official crash record. The official record lists pedestrian/bicyclist/other pedestrian error/confusion as a contributing factor.
Police described a fatal hit-and-run before dawn
Police told the New York Post that a driver hit the man at West 147th Street and Riverside Drive around 2:45 a.m., then left the scene. The official record places the crash at 2:42 a.m. and records one pedestrian killed.
A fatal crash at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street
The crash happened at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street in Manhattan, along the West 147th Street corridor.
CrashCountNYC location context for West 147th Street in Manhattan records 68 crashes, 36 injuries, two serious injuries and one death along the street since 2022.
Records emphasize different parts of the case
Police described the case to the New York Post as a hit-and-run investigation. The official crash record lists pedestrian/bicyclist/other pedestrian error/confusion as the contributing factor and records the pedestrian's action as other actions in roadway.