Pickup driver fatally hit Edwin Rivera in the Bronx, police said
City records placed the fatal pickup crash at Broadway and West 238th Street early Dec. 31, 2022; police told the Daily News that a Dodge Ram driver hit Edwin Rivera, 62, nearby in Kingsbridge and fled.
What We Know
City records show one pedestrian was killed at 4:34 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2022, in a pickup crash at Broadway and West 238th Street in the Bronx. The Daily News, citing police, reported that a Dodge Ram driver was heading north on Broadway when the driver hit Edwin Rivera, 62, near Broadway and E. 238th Street in Kingsbridge and drove off. Medics took Rivera to NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, where he died. The official record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor, and the pedestrian entry records Rivera as crossing against the signal at an intersection.
A pre-dawn hit-and-run in Kingsbridge
City crash data records one pedestrian killed at 4:34 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2022, at Broadway and West 238th Street. The Daily News, citing police, reported that a Dodge Ram driver was heading north on Broadway, hit Edwin Rivera near Broadway and E. 238th Street, and drove off.
Medics took Rivera to NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, where he died. Police had made no arrests as of the Daily News report published Jan. 4, 2023.
Records place the corner differently
The city record places the crash in ZIP code 10463 at Broadway and West 238th Street in the Bronx. The Daily News described the location as near Broadway and E. 238th Street in Kingsbridge.
Edwin Rivera was remembered as an artist
Rivera was 62. His aunt, Maggie Mendez, told the Daily News that Rivera drew paintings and said he was like a son to her. Family friend Blanca Soto said Rivera had been living at an assisted living facility in the Bronx and used to visit his sister daily for a meal.