Prosecutors accuse Bronx driver of dragging pedestrian to death
Timiko Young allegedly drove over 59-year-old Jose Galan at a Bronx gas station and dragged him about 950 feet; the city recorded his death near Jerome Avenue and McClellan Street on October 28, 2023.
Approximate reported location.
What We Know
Prosecutors allege that Timiko Young drove over 59-year-old Jose Galan while leaving a Jerome Avenue gas station on October 28, 2023. They say she and a passenger got out and looked beneath the sedan, where Galan was pinned, before Young drove away and dragged him at least 950 feet. Galan died. Young was charged in 2025 with leaving the scene without reporting and two counts of reckless endangerment. An initial police account said the driver stayed at the scene, conflicting with the later allegations.
What prosecutors say happened
After refueling a 2013 Lincoln sedan, Young was pulling out of a Jerome Avenue gas station when she drove over Galan, who had fallen in front of her, prosecutors say. They allege that Young and a passenger got out and looked beneath the sedan, where Galan was pinned, but did not help him. Young then drove at least 950 feet before stopping, according to the district attorney.
Jerome Avenue and the route afterward
The city recorded the crash at Jerome Avenue and McClellan Street in the Bronx at 5:24 p.m. on October 28, 2023. Later reporting places the initial encounter at a Jerome Avenue gas station near Shakespeare Avenue; prosecutors say Young then drove across Edward L. Grant Highway.
Jose Galan
Galan was 59. His daughter marked Young's arrest with a message to him: "I carry you in my heart today and always".
A later arrest and conflicting accounts
On the day of the crash, police told the Daily News that the driver stayed at the scene and that they did not suspect criminality. Prosecutors later alleged that Young left without reporting what happened. She was charged in 2025 with leaving the scene without reporting and first- and second-degree reckless endangerment.
The city crash record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.