Driver Charged After Pedestrian Killed at 2nd and East 93rd
Police said Darrell Lopez hit Virginia Renta while turning at East 93rd Street and 2nd Avenue; city records say the 78-year-old pedestrian was crossing with the signal and the crash involved a failure to yield.
What We Know
Virginia Renta, 78, was killed on June 13, 2024, at 2nd Avenue and East 93rd Street in Manhattan. City records say she was crossing with the signal at the intersection when a driver in a station wagon/SUV making a left turn failed to yield. amNY, citing police, reported that Darrell Lopez drove a gray 2023 Nissan Pathfinder westbound on East 93rd Street and turned left onto southbound 2nd Avenue, where police sources said he hit Renta. The article reported that Lopez remained at the scene, EMS took Renta to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and she was pronounced dead. Police arrested Lopez more than six months later and charged him with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care.
A left turn at the intersection ended in a fatal crash
The crash happened on June 13, 2024. The city record lists the time as 2:28 p.m.; amNY reported that police described it as around 2:20 p.m.
City records say the driver was making a left turn in a station wagon/SUV and failed to yield while Renta, a 78-year-old pedestrian, was crossing with the signal at the intersection. amNY reported that Darrell Lopez drove a gray 2023 Nissan Pathfinder westbound on East 93rd Street and turned left onto southbound 2nd Avenue, where police sources said he hit Renta.
2nd Avenue has seen repeated serious harm
The fatal crash was recorded at 2nd Avenue and East 93rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
CrashCountNYC location data for 2nd Avenue in Manhattan shows 3,205 crashes, 1,880 injuries, 131 serious injuries and 12 deaths since 2022.
Virginia Renta was crossing with the signal
The official record identifies the person killed as a 78-year-old female pedestrian and says she was crossing with the signal at the intersection. amNY identified her as Virginia Renta.
amNY reported that EMS took Renta to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Police arrested the driver months later
amNY reported that Lopez remained at the scene after the crash as officers from the 19th Precinct arrived.