Hit-and-run driver fatally injured pedestrian on Riverside Drive
A hit-and-run driver fatally injured a 47-year-old pedestrian at Riverside Drive and West 147th Street in Manhattan around 2:42 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2022, police said.
What We Know
A driver in a Jeep SUV was recorded traveling north and going straight ahead on Riverside Drive at West 147th Street shortly before 2:42 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2022. Police told the New York Post that a hit-and-run driver hit a man there around 2:45 a.m. and left the scene. The 47-year-old pedestrian was taken to Harlem Hospital with head trauma and died, according to police and the official crash record. The official record lists pedestrian/bicyclist/other pedestrian error/confusion as a contributing factor.
Police described a fatal hit-and-run before dawn
Police told the New York Post that a driver hit the man at West 147th Street and Riverside Drive around 2:45 a.m., then left the scene. The official record places the crash at 2:42 a.m. and records one pedestrian killed.
Records emphasize different parts of the case
Police described the case to the New York Post as a hit-and-run investigation. The official crash record lists pedestrian/bicyclist/other pedestrian error/confusion as the contributing factor and records the pedestrian's action as other actions in roadway.
Where
Riverside Dr & West 147th St, Manhattan