Driver Charged After Espina Bundley Killed on Second Avenue
The city crash record says a southbound SUV driver killed a 69-year-old woman crossing in a marked crosswalk at Second Avenue and East 58th Street at 4:28 a.m.; police later charged Bryan Alexis Guashpa Rumipamba in the death of Espina Bundley.
What We Know
Official crash records say a 69-year-old woman was killed around half past 4 AM on March 25 while crossing in a marked crosswalk without a signal at Second Avenue and East 58th Street. The records list a male driver with a New York permit going south in a 2024 Chevrolet SUV, and cite driver inattention or distraction for the SUV. Police-based reports identified the woman as Espina Bundley, placed the crash one block south at East 57th Street, and said the driver left the scene; later reports identified the arrested driver as Bryan Alexis Guashpa Rumipamba and said police charged him with leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death and multiple traffic violations.
A driver left after a pedestrian was fatally injured
At 4:28 a.m. on March 25, the city crash record logged one pedestrian killed and no other injuries at Second Avenue and East 58th Street. The record identifies the person killed as a 69-year-old woman crossing in a marked crosswalk without the signal and lists a driver in a southbound 2024 Chevrolet SUV going straight ahead.
Police accounts reported by news organizations identified her as Espina Bundley and said the driver left the scene. The Daily News reported medics found Bundley in a protected bike lane and took her to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, where she died.
Police later named and charged a Queens driver
News reports listed Bundley as a Richmond Hill, Queens resident. Streetsblog interviewed her landlord, Felix Labra, who described her as a very nice person and said she had lived in his building for about two years.
Second Avenue location appeared differently in records and reports
The city crash record places the fatal collision at Second Avenue and East 58th Street in Manhattan. Many police-based news reports placed it at East 57th Street and Second Avenue, and later reports continued to use both East 57th Street and East 58th Street.
Along the Second Avenue corridor in Manhattan, CrashCountNYC's location context shows 3,205 crashes, 1,880 injuries, 131 serious injuries and 12 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
The accounts differ on movement before impact
The city crash record lists driver inattention or distraction for the SUV driver and describes the driver as traveling south on Second Avenue, going straight ahead.
The Daily News reported police accused Guashpa Rumipamba of hitting Bundley as he made a turn in a Chevrolet Suburban. Streetsblog and Our Town, citing video and court or prosecutor accounts, reported he sped up to beat a yellow light.