A left-turning driver fatally injures a pedestrian on the Upper WestSide

A driver made a left turn through the intersection.

The official crash record gives the time as 3:45 p.m. and says the driver was traveling north and making a left turn. Streetsblog reported that Rodriguez-Albuquerque was crossing Amsterdam Avenue at West 106th Street when the driver struck him; the record says he was crossing with the signal.

Streetsblog reported that police described lacerations to his arms and head trauma and said he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition. Police later said he died two days after the crash.

Rodriguez-Albuquerque was remembered by his community.

Patch reported that Rodriguez-Albuquerque, 74, was a Dominican immigrant and lived at a West Side Federation for Senior Housing facility on the Upper West Side.

Patch quoted a staff member speaking to the New York Daily News: "He was awesome, always looking out for us. He treated us like we were his other kids."

Reports use different terms for the vehicle.

Streetsblog and Patch describe the driver's vehicle as a Ram van. The official crash record identifies a 2017 RAM and categorizes it as a station wagon/sport utility vehicle.

Police reported a ticket and no additional charges.

Ken Coughlin, whom Streetsblog identified as a witness and neighborhood community board member, said an officer at the scene told him that both the pedestrian and the left-turning driver had the light and described the crash as an accident. NYPD declined to comment on the officer's characterization.

Police said the driver remained at the scene and received a traffic ticket, Streetsblog reported. As of May 18, police said there were no additional charges; Patch reported no arrests in its May 19 article.