Access-A-Ride driver charged after woman killed in Chinatown
Police said Access-A-Ride driver Michael Broughton failed to yield while turning right at Allen and Canal on Sept. 8, 2023; the official record says 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 Ngan Yung crossed
The official record places the crash at 10:50 a.m. on Sept. 8, 2023, and says the pedestrian was at the intersection crossing with the signal. It lists one pedestrian death and no other injuries.
The woman died at Bellevue; the driver stayed at the scene
Gothamist reported that Ngan Yung was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, where she was pronounced dead.
Police told Gothamist that Michael Broughton remained at the scene. They charged him with failure to yield and failure to use due care, both misdemeanors.
Records describe an Access-A-Ride vehicle and a bus entry
Gothamist described the vehicle as an Access-A-Ride van. The official vehicle record lists a 2019 Ford truck/bus, with the driver making a right turn.
Gothamist noted that Access-A-Ride vehicles are owned by the MTA and operated by contractors, and that the service transports people with disabilities or medical issues who have difficulty using public transit.
Failure to yield is central in both accounts
The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as the contributing factor for the driver. Gothamist reported that police said Broughton failed to yield as Yung crossed the street.
Allen and Canal sits on a high-crash corridor
The crash happened at Allen Street and Canal Street in Manhattan, at the edge of the Canal Street corridor in Chinatown.
CrashCountNYC Crash Finder records for Canal Street in Manhattan show 898 crashes, 381 injuries, 23 serious injuries and 2 deaths since 2022.
MTA said it would cooperate with the investigation
New York City Transit President Richard Davey spoke at the scene and said the MTA was working with police. Gothamist quoted him saying the agency would cooperate fully with the investigation.