Two drivers struck a pedestrian on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
A 68-year-old driver made a U-turn and hit Frances Rickard, 90, before a second driver struck her, police said; the official record places the fatal crash at York Avenue and East 72nd Street at 5:41 p.m. on February 5, 2025.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police said a 68-year-old man making a U-turn hit Frances Rickard as she crossed York Avenue at East 72nd Street, followed by a 35-year-old woman driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer. The accounts differ on the first vehicle: Patch called it a Toyota RAV4, while the New York Post described a yellow taxi. City crash records list a 2020 Toyota taxi traveling south and going straight ahead, while the press accounts say the first driver made a U-turn. The official vehicle entries also list a 2023 Chevrolet station wagon or SUV, while the collision-level record classifies the vehicles as a taxi and a sedan. The record counts one pedestrian death and no other injuries. The Post reported that neither driver had been charged as of February 6.
Police described two successive impacts.
Police accounts say Frances Rickard was crossing York Avenue at East 72nd Street when a 68-year-old man making a U-turn hit her. A 35-year-old woman driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer struck her immediately afterward, the reports said.
The official record dates the crash to February 5, 2025, at 5:41 p.m. and counts one pedestrian death, with no other injuries. The articles place Rickard's crossing at the corner; the official pedestrian entry codes her location as not at an intersection.
Rickard lived on the Upper West Side.
The New York Post identified Rickard as a 90-year-old Upper West Side resident. Patch reported that medics took her to NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, where police said she was pronounced dead; the Post also reported that she died from her injuries there.
Accounts differ on the vehicles and movement.
Patch identified the first vehicle as a Toyota RAV4; the New York Post described it as a yellow taxi. The official vehicle entry lists a 2020 Toyota taxi traveling south and going straight ahead, while both press accounts say the 68-year-old driver made a U-turn.
Both articles identify the second vehicle as a Chevrolet Trailblazer, with the Post specifying a 2023 model. The official vehicle entry lists a 2023 Chevrolet station wagon or SUV traveling south and going straight ahead. At the collision level, the official record classifies the vehicles as a taxi and a sedan.
Both drivers remained at the scene.
Patch reported that the investigation was underway. The New York Post reported that neither driver had been charged in connection with the collision as of February 6, 2025.
Where
YORK AVE and E 72 ST