Driver Fatally Hit Hospital Worker Inza Fofana in the Bronx
A 48-year-old driver hit and fatally injured Inza Fofana, 52, near E. 149th St. and Morris Ave. on April 2, 2025, after Fofana left work at Lincoln Hospital, police and the official crash record show.
What We Know
Three SUV drivers crashed on E 149th Street near Morris Avenue in the Bronx on an April afternoon. According to the police report, a 52-year-old man was in the roadway when one of the drivers rolled over him, causing crush injuries to his entire body. He died at the scene. All three vehicles were SUVs traveling west, with two stopped in traffic before the collision.
What police and records say happened
The official crash record places the fatal collision at 3:16 p.m. on April 2 and records one pedestrian death and no other injuries. It lists three station wagon/SUV-style vehicles in the crash record.
A busy Morris Avenue crossing near Lincoln Hospital
The crash happened at E. 149th St. and Morris Ave. in Mott Haven, around the corner from Lincoln Hospital, where relatives said Fofana had just finished a shift.
Morris Avenue is a high-crash Bronx corridor in CrashCountNYC's location context: since 2022, the corridor has 950 crashes, 571 injuries, 36 serious injuries and 3 deaths.
Fofana had just left work
Relatives told the Daily News that Fofana was a cleaner at Lincoln Hospital, immigrated to New York from Ivory Coast in his 30s, lived in Harlem, and was fasting as a Muslim on the day he died. His sister-in-law Nanssira Cisse said he was crossing to buy socks after work.
His wife, Mabradje Cisse, became worried when he did not get home by 4 p.m.; relatives were heading to a police station to report him missing when they came upon the crash scene.
The accounts diverge on movement and sequence
The Daily News reported, citing police, that the driver was making a left turn from E. 149th St. onto Morris Ave. The official vehicle entries say the 2019 Ford driver was traveling west and going straight ahead, while two other drivers were stopped in westbound traffic.
Family members said police told them Fofana was hit more than once. The official record lists three involved station wagon/SUV-style vehicles but does not include a public step-by-step account of how each driver became involved.
The driver remained at the scene
Police told the Daily News that the driver stayed at the scene. The paper reported no arrest or immediate charges, and police said the investigation was ongoing.