Driver Fatally Injures 72-Year-Old on East Tremont Avenue
At about 8:14 p.m. on May 7, 2022, a 25-year-old woman driving north near East Tremont and Roosevelt avenues in the Bronx hit John Dellacava, 72, who was crossing in an electric mobility scooter and later died at Jacobi Hospital.
What We Know
John Dellacava, a 72-year-old Throggs Neck resident, was trying to cross East Tremont Avenue near Roosevelt Avenue in an electric mobility scooter on May 7, 2022, when amNY reported that a 25-year-old woman driving north hit him. Paramedics took him to Jacobi Hospital, where he died from internal injuries. The city crash record lists one pedestrian death at about 8:14 p.m. and describes the involved vehicle as a station wagon/SUV, while amNY's police account described the driver as operating a Toyota minivan. Police said the driver stayed at the scene, that they did not suspect criminality, and that the Highway District Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate.
A crossing on East Tremont turned fatal
Police told amNY that John Dellacava, a 72-year-old Throggs Neck resident, was trying to cross East Tremont Avenue near Roosevelt Avenue in an electric mobility scooter just before 8:15 p.m. on May 7, 2022, when a 25-year-old woman driving north hit him.
Paramedics took Dellacava to Jacobi Hospital, where he died from internal injuries. The city crash record recorded one pedestrian death and no other injuries.
The crossing sat between marked crosswalks
amNY reported that the section of East Tremont Avenue near Roosevelt Avenue has no crosswalks, and that the multi-lane, two-way road bends there. The article said the nearest marked crosswalks with signals are a block north at Randall Avenue and two blocks south at Schley Avenue.
Citing NYC Crash Mapper data, amNY reported 80 crashes since 2011 on the stretch of East Tremont Avenue between Randall Avenue and Schley Avenue, with 101 people injured and two people killed.
Source records describe a northbound driver
amNY, citing police, described the driver as a 25-year-old woman in a Toyota minivan. The city crash record lists a licensed female New York driver operating northbound in a 2005 Toyota car/SUV, with three occupants, and describes the vehicle type as a station wagon/SUV.
The official record lists the driver as going straight ahead and notes right-front damage, including the right front bumper, while amNY reported that the driver stayed at the scene.
Police said investigators continued their review
amNY reported that police did not suspect criminality, though an NYPD spokesperson did not clarify how investigators reached that conclusion. The article said the Highway District Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate and that the Department of Transportation was tasked with reviewing the street design at the location.