Driver in Flatbed Truck Kills Woman on Franklin Avenue
A 43-year-old driver in a large truck hit a 65-year-old woman crossing Franklin Avenue near East 169th Street around 8:56 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2025, and responders took her to Lincoln Hospital, where she died, police told amNY.
What We Know
Police told amNY that a 43-year-old driver in a large truck hit a 65-year-old woman as she crossed Franklin Avenue in Morrisania around 9 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2025. The city crash record places the fatal pedestrian crash at Franklin Avenue and East 169th Street at 8:56 a.m. and lists one flat-bed truck, with the driver making a right turn. The article says responders found the woman unconscious with severe body trauma and took her to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, where she was pronounced dead. The driver remained at the scene, and police said no arrests had been made as the investigation continued.
Franklin Avenue at East 169th Street
The city crash record places the fatal crash at Franklin Avenue and East 169th Street in Morrisania at 8:56 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2025. amNY reported that the woman was crossing Franklin Avenue between East 168th and East 169th streets when the driver hit her.
Police described a morning crossing crash
Police told amNY that the driver in a large truck hit the 65-year-old woman as she crossed Franklin Avenue. Officers found her unconscious with severe trauma, and emergency responders took her to Lincoln Hospital, where authorities said she was pronounced dead.
City data records one pedestrian death and no other injuries in the crash.
The pedestrian and the driver
The official pedestrian record lists the person killed as a 65-year-old woman at an intersection; police gave amNY the same age for the woman who died.
Police said the 43-year-old truck driver remained at the scene. The official vehicle record lists one occupant, a licensed male driver with a New York license.
The truck record includes a direction conflict
The official vehicle record lists a 2017 KW truck/bus flat bed, with the driver traveling west and making a right turn before the crash. The same record lists the right front bumper as the point of impact and no vehicle damage.
amNY's police account described a southbound large truck, while the official vehicle record lists westbound travel and a right turn.
Signal entry and investigation
The city pedestrian entry says the woman was crossing against the signal at the intersection. amNY reported that no arrests had been made and police said the investigation was ongoing.