A van driver fled after a fatal East Village crash.
Police told the Daily News that a driver in a 2017 Ram van pinned Wilson Compton, 62, against a box truck on St. Marks Place near First Avenue around 5:39 p.m. on Sept. 15; Compton later died, and 2026 is inferred from the article's publication year.
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What We Know
Police told the Daily News that a driver in a 2017 Ram van accelerated while Wilson Compton stood between the van and a box truck on St. Marks Place near First Avenue, pinning him against the truck. The driver reversed, freeing Compton, who suffered severe injuries to his lower extremities, and then fled on foot. The Daily News reported that medics took Compton to Bellevue Hospital, where he died. Lester Andrews, 51, was arrested the next day and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury; he pleaded not guilty at his Sept. 17 arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court and was released without bail. The article gives Sept. 15 as the crash date; its publication year, 2026, is the basis for the inferred year.
The driver accelerated, then reversed.
According to police quoted by the Daily News, Compton was between a box truck and a 2017 Ram van when the van's driver accelerated around 5:39 p.m. on Sept. 15, pinning him against the truck. The driver reversed, freeing Compton, who suffered severe injuries to his lower extremities. The newspaper reports Sept. 15 as the crash date; 2026 is inferred from the article's publication year.
The crash happened on St. Marks Place.
Police placed the crash in the parking lane on St. Marks Place near First Avenue in Manhattan's East Village, the Daily News reported.
Compton lived in Queens.
Wilson Compton, 62, lived in South Jamaica, Queens, police told the Daily News. The newspaper reported that medics took him to Bellevue Hospital, where he died.
The van was a 2017 Ram.
The Daily News identified the van as a 2017 Ram and reported that a box truck was beside it when the driver accelerated.
Andrews was charged after the crash.
Police said the van's driver fled on foot. The Daily News reported that Lester Andrews, 51, was arrested the following day and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury. Court records cited by the newspaper show that Andrews pleaded not guilty at a Sept. 17 arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court and was released without bail.