Driver charged after woman killed on Second Avenue
Police later charged driver Darrell Lopez after a left-turn crash at East 93rd Street and Second Avenue killed 78-year-old Virginia Renta, who the official record says was crossing with the signal.
What We Know
Virginia Renta, 78, was killed at East 93rd Street and Second Avenue on June 13, 2024. The official record says she was crossing with the signal at the intersection when the crash happened at 2:28 p.m.; amNewYork, citing police, reported the time as around 2:20 p.m. Police sources told the outlet that Darrell Lopez was driving a gray 2023 Nissan Pathfinder west on East 93rd Street and turning left onto southbound Second Avenue when he hit Renta. The city record lists driver failure to yield as a contributing factor, and police later charged Lopez with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care.
A left turn at the intersection
The crash happened June 13, 2024, at Second Avenue and East 93rd Street in Manhattan. The official record places it at 2:28 p.m.; amNewYork, citing police, reported it happened at around 2:20 p.m.
Police sources told amNewYork that Darrell Lopez was driving west on East 93rd Street and turning left onto southbound Second Avenue when he hit Virginia Renta. The official record lists the involved driver as making a left turn and cites failure to yield right-of-way.
Virginia Renta was crossing with the signal
Virginia Renta was 78. The official record identifies her as a pedestrian killed at the intersection and says she was crossing with the signal when the crash happened.
amNewYork reported that EMS took Renta to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Police described the driver’s SUV
amNewYork reported that Lopez was driving a gray 2023 Nissan Pathfinder. The city record lists a 2023 Nissan SUV with one occupant, a licensed New York male driver, and left-front bumper impact and damage.
Failure to yield is central in the record and charges
The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as the contributing factor. amNewYork reported that police charged Lopez with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care.
An arrest followed months later
amNewYork reported that Lopez remained at the scene and that officers from the 19th Precinct responded. The outlet reported that the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad investigated for more than six months before police arrested Lopez at the 19th Precinct stationhouse on Jan. 14, 2025.
Where
2nd Ave & East 93rd St, Manhattan