Driver charged after fatal Fulton Street pedestrian crash

A driver hit Finney as he crossed Fulton Street

Patch and El Diario reported that Finney was crossing Fulton Street near Franklin Avenue when a driver hit him. Both press accounts identify a 2021 Ford Escape; the official record classifies the vehicle as a station wagon/SUV. El Diario described the driver as traveling west, and the official vehicle record lists westbound travel.

The official record dates the crash to October 19, 2022, at 11:25 p.m. and records one pedestrian killed and one motorist injured. El Diario reported a time of about 11:30 p.m.; Patch reported about 11:30 a.m.

Patch reported that Finney was taken to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and died 10 days later from head and body injuries. El Diario also reported that he died 10 days later, citing the Daily News, and named New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist as the hospital.

The reports differ on where Finney and the driver lived

Both reports identified Finney as 48. Patch described him as a Prospect Heights resident; El Diario said he lived in Crown Heights, about a dozen blocks from the crash.

Patch identified the driver as Tanaisa Carhigh, 29, and said she lived in Brownsville. El Diario spelled her surname Canhigh and said she lived in Crown Heights. Both accounts give her age as 29.

Police charged the driver

Patch reported that police took the driver into custody for impaired driving and later charged her with that offense and vehicular assault. El Diario reported that she remained at the scene and was charged the next day with vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated. It said she was released without bail after arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court; the outlet cited court officials who said the charges then were not eligible for bail. El Diario reported that updated charges could follow Finney's death, but did not say they had been filed.