Hit-and-run driver kills man at Riverside and West 147th
A hit-and-run driver hit a 47-year-old male pedestrian at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street in Manhattan early September 4, 2022, and police said the man died at Harlem Hospital after suffering head trauma.
What We Know
At about 2:42 a.m. on September 4, 2022, a driver in a northbound Jeep SUV was recorded in a fatal pedestrian collision at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street in Manhattan. Police told the New York Post that a hit-and-run driver hit the man around 2:45 a.m., left the scene, and that the 47-year-old pedestrian died at Harlem Hospital after head trauma. The official record lists one pedestrian death and no other injuries, and attributes a contributing factor to pedestrian error or confusion.
Early-morning fatal collision on Riverside Drive
The crash was recorded at 2:42 a.m. on September 4, 2022, at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street in Manhattan. The official record lists one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Police told the New York Post that a hit-and-run driver hit the man around 2:45 a.m., left the scene, and that investigators were looking into the collision.
The pedestrian died at Harlem Hospital
The person killed was a 47-year-old male pedestrian. Police said he was taken to Harlem Hospital with head trauma and died there.
The involved driver was recorded in a Jeep SUV
The official record lists a 2021 Jeep SUV traveling north and going straight ahead before the crash, with one licensed male driver. The New York Post account, citing police, described the driver as a hit-and-run driver.
Records give a limited account of contributing factors
The official crash record attributed a contributing factor to pedestrian error or confusion. The reviewed police account did not describe the pedestrian's actions; it said police were investigating after the driver left the scene.
West 147th Street has a record of injury crashes
The collision happened at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street in Manhattan. CrashCountNYC's location context for West 147th Street in Manhattan shows 68 crashes, 36 injuries, 2 serious injuries and 1 death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026. That history places this death within a corridor with recurring injury crashes.