Queens Driver Charged After Manhattan Pedestrian Dies
Police said Fernando Zabla Ochoa hit an 86-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal at 8th Avenue and West 25th Street; EMS took her to Bellevue, and she died the next day.
What We Know
At about 1:40 p.m. on June 9, 2023, an 86-year-old woman was crossing with the signal at 8th Avenue and West 25th Street in Manhattan when a male driver was making a left turn, according to the official crash record. amNY, citing police, identified the driver as Fernando Zabla Ochoa, 42, of Elmhurst, and reported that he hit the pedestrian while turning from 8th Avenue onto West 25th Street. EMS took the pedestrian to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, where she died the next day. Police said the driver remained at the scene and was charged with driving without a license, failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to show care.
The turn at 8th Avenue and West 25th Street
The crash happened at about 1:40 p.m. on June 9, 2023. The official record says an 86-year-old woman was crossing with the signal at the intersection as a male driver was making a left turn.
amNY, citing police, reported that Fernando Zabla Ochoa, 42, of Elmhurst, hit the pedestrian while turning from 8th Avenue onto West 25th Street. The pedestrian was thrown to the ground, sustained head trauma, was taken by EMS to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, and died the next day.
A fatal crash on a high-injury Manhattan avenue
The crash occurred at 8th Avenue and West 25th Street in Manhattan.
CrashCountNYC’s street context for 8th Avenue in Manhattan records 1,242 crashes, 612 injuries, 54 serious injuries and 5 deaths since 2022.
A pedestrian was killed, and police named the driver
The official record identifies the person killed as an 86-year-old female pedestrian at the intersection.
amNY reported that police identified the driver as Fernando Zabla Ochoa, 42, of Elmhurst, and said he remained at the scene.
Sources describe the driver’s vehicle differently
The official record describes the driver’s vehicle as a 2012 Ford station wagon or SUV. amNY, citing police, described it as a 2012 Ford E250.
Failure to yield appears in both the record and the charges
The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor and also records driver inattention or distraction for the driver’s vehicle.
Police charged Ochoa with driving without a license, failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to show care, amNY reported.