Driver indicted after woman killed in Lower East Side crosswalk
A turning SUV driver failed to yield to a 76-year-old woman crossing with the signal at Stanton and Clinton streets, the official record says, and prosecutors later indicted Julio Cachago in Yong Li’s death.
What We Know
According to the police report, a driver in a Ford SUV turned right from Stanton Street onto Clinton Street in the evening and hit a 76-year-old woman who was crossing in the intersection with the signal. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way by the driver. The pedestrian sustained internal injuries to her entire body and was pronounced dead. Other occupants were listed; the report does not describe their injuries.
Yong Li was crossing with the signal
The crash was recorded at 6:56 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2025, at Stanton Street and Clinton Street in Manhattan. The official record says a 76-year-old female pedestrian was killed while crossing at the intersection with the signal, and it lists the driver’s pre-crash movement as a right turn.
A Lower East Side intersection on Clinton Street
The crash happened at Stanton Street and Clinton Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. CrashCountNYC’s location context for Clinton Street in Manhattan shows 295 crashes, 173 injuries, 13 serious injuries and 1 death since 2022.
Failure to yield was listed in the official record
The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. Later official vehicle entries also list driver inattention or distraction. Patch reported that prosecutors charged Julio Cachago with motor vehicle failure to yield to a pedestrian, among other charges.
Sources differ on the SUV description
Official vehicle records identify the involved vehicle as a Ford SUV, model year 2010, with right-front-bumper impact and damage. ABC7 described a black SUV in its police-sourced account. Patch reported that prosecutors described the vehicle as a 2020 Ford Edge.
Prosecutors brought a hit-and-run case
Patch quoted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as saying Cachago allegedly left Li in the street and did not notify emergency services immediately, instead allegedly calling police the next day after discovering his vehicle had been towed.