Access-A-Ride driver charged after woman killed at Canal Street
An Access-A-Ride driver, Michael Broughton, was charged after police said he failed to yield while turning at Allen and Canal streets in Manhattan, where official records say an 88-year-old woman crossing with the signal was killed.
What We Know
An 88-year-old woman was killed at Allen and Canal Streets in Manhattan on a Friday morning. According to the police report, she was crossing with the signal when a bus driver made a right turn and hit her with the front right side of the bus. She suffered crush injuries to her entire body and died at the scene. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way by the driver. The vehicle was a large bus.
Police said the driver turned as Yung crossed with the signal
Yung was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, where she was pronounced dead. The official record counts one pedestrian death and no other injuries.
The driver remained at the scene and was charged
Police told Gothamist that Broughton remained at the scene. They charged him with failure to yield and failure to use due care, both misdemeanors.
The official crash record also lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor for the involved driver.
Sources describe the Access-A-Ride vehicle differently
Gothamist, citing police, described the involved vehicle as an Access-A-Ride van. The official crash record describes it as a bus and lists the driver as making a right turn.
Gothamist reported that Access-A-Ride service is owned by the MTA and operated by contractors for people who have difficulty using public transit.
Allen and Canal sit on a heavily crash-burdened corridor
The crash happened at Allen Street and Canal Street in Manhattan. CrashCountNYC location data for Canal Street in Manhattan shows 898 crashes, 381 injuries, 23 serious injuries and 2 deaths since 2022.
Transit officials said they would cooperate with police
New York City Transit President Richard Davey told reporters at the scene that the MTA was working with police and would cooperate fully with the investigation. He also expressed condolences to Yung's family and loved ones.