DOT Driver Charged After Pedestrian Killed in Queens Turn
At Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, the official record says a dump-truck driver making a right turn hit a 31-year-old woman crossing with the signal; police later identified her as Nilufar Komilova and charged Jonathan Adorno.
What We Know
Nilufar Komilova, 31, was crossing at Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens on March 10 when a DOT dump-truck driver making a right turn hit her. The city record places the crash at 9:07 a.m. and says she was crossing with the signal; Daily News reporting described it as just before 9 a.m., while amNY reported a different 4:54 p.m. time. Police said the driver remained at the scene and was not initially arrested. Weeks later, police arrested Jonathan Adorno, 49, on failure-to-yield and due-care charges. A family friend told the Daily News Komilova had just dropped off her 7-year-old at school and left behind two children.
A right turn at a Queens intersection
The official record places the fatal crash at 9:07 a.m. on March 10 at Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard. It records a 31-year-old woman killed while crossing with the signal at the intersection. Police told news outlets that a city DOT dump-truck driver was traveling east on Metropolitan Avenue and making a right turn onto Lefferts Boulevard when he hit her.
The timing in the public record and press accounts is not fully aligned. The official record lists 9:07 a.m., the Daily News described the crash as just before 9 a.m., and amNY reported 4:54 p.m.
Nilufar Komilova was identified after the crash
amNY reported that police identified the woman killed as Nilufar Komilova, 31. The Daily News later described her as a mother of two.
A family friend told the Daily News that Komilova had just dropped off her 7-year-old daughter at Public School 99 and was walking home when the driver hit her two blocks from her apartment.
The driver was operating a city DOT dump truck
The official record lists the involved vehicle as a 2017 Mack dump truck with one occupant and right-front-bumper impact and damage. News accounts described it as a yellow city Department of Transportation dump truck.
Police told reporters the driver remained at the scene. Initial reports said no arrest was made immediately after the crash.
Police later arrested Jonathan Adorno
The official record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. DOT told reporters it was cooperating with law enforcement and conducting an internal review.
Where
Metropolitan Ave & Lefferts Blvd, Queens