MTA Bus Driver Fatally Hits Woman in Queens Crosswalk
A 48-year-old MTA bus driver hit and fatally injured a woman at Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street in Queens, where the city record lists one pedestrian killed and one motorist injured.
What We Know
According to the police report, a licensed male driver in a 2009 bus was traveling east on Ditmars Boulevard near 31st Street on a Thursday morning when he hit a 53-year-old woman in the intersection. The report states she was crossing against the signal. She suffered fatal injuries to her entire body and was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash involved an oversized vehicle in a busy Queens corridor.
A woman was hit while crossing 31st Street
The city crash record identifies the person killed as a 53-year-old female pedestrian and lists one motorist injured. The record says the bus driver was traveling east and going straight ahead before impact.
A deadly crash at a busy Queens corridor
The crash happened at Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street in Queens. CrashCountNYC’s location context for 31st Street in Queens shows 658 crashes, 403 injuries, 17 serious injuries and 3 deaths since 2022.
Police said the driver stayed at the scene
Police told Gothamist that the driver remained at the scene. Emergency medical service workers took the woman to Elmhurst Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The reported crash time differs
The city crash record lists the crash time as 8:05 a.m. Gothamist’s account, citing police, reported that it happened shortly after 6 a.m.