Driver charged after Midtown hit-run death of Espina Bundley
Police later charged Bryan Guashpa Rumipamba after the city recorded a 4:28 a.m. crash killing a 69-year-old woman at Second Avenue and East 58th Street; press reports identified her as Espina Bundley.
What We Know
Espina Bundley, 69, died after an early-morning crash on Second Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on March 25, 2026. The city crash record places the fatal collision at Second Avenue and East 58th Street at 4:28 a.m. and lists a female pedestrian killed while crossing in a marked crosswalk with no signal. News reports, citing police, placed the crash one block south at East 57th Street and said Bryan Guashpa Rumipamba drove a black Chevrolet SUV, hit Bundley and left. Police arrested him several hours later and charged him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care. The official vehicle record lists a 2024 Chevrolet SUV traveling south and records driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.
An early-morning hit-and-run was followed by an arrest
The city crash record says a 69-year-old female pedestrian was killed at 4:28 a.m. on March 25, 2026, at Second Avenue and East 58th Street. It records her as crossing in a marked crosswalk with no signal.
The Daily News said Bryan Alexis Guashpa Rumipamba was accused of hitting Espina Bundley as she crossed Second Avenue at East 57th Street, leaving, and being arrested hours later.
Second Avenue location sits on a high-crash corridor
The city record places the crash at Second Avenue and East 58th Street; multiple news reports placed it one block south at East 57th Street. Both locations are on the same Midtown stretch of Second Avenue.
CrashCountNYC's corridor context for Second Avenue in Manhattan shows 3,205 crashes, 1,880 injuries, 131 serious injuries and 12 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Espina Bundley was identified after initial reports
The official record and several reports described the pedestrian as 69; an initial Daily News story described her as 68. The Post, Daily News, ABC7 and Streetsblog later identified her as Espina Bundley of Richmond Hill, Queens.
Streetsblog reported that landlord Felix Labra called her Espy, said she was very nice and said she had rented in his Richmond Hill house for about two years. He said she worked two jobs and was likely coming from a hotel job early that morning.
Records and reports differ on the driver's movement
The city vehicle record lists one 2024 Chevrolet SUV, with a male driver traveling south and going straight ahead. It records driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.
News reports described a black SUV; the Daily News later described a Chevrolet Suburban and said Rumipamba was making a turn when he hit Bundley. Streetsblog, citing NYPD, said the driver was southbound on Second Avenue, then turned left onto East 57th Street and left.
The Post reported that surveillance footage showed a forceful impact that knocked off both of Bundley's shoes.