Hit-and-run driver fatally hits pedestrian on Webster Avenue
A hit-and-run driver in a black Mercedes-Benz fatally hit 43-year-old Kelvin Mitchell around 12:44 a.m. on May 10, 2025, at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street, where the city record lists unsafe speed.
What We Know
Shortly after midnight on May 10, 2025, a driver in a southbound sedan fatally hit 43-year-old pedestrian Kelvin Mitchell on Webster Avenue in Morrisania. City crash data records the collision at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street and lists unsafe speed for the sedan; police accounts reported by news outlets described a black Mercedes-Benz and said the driver left the scene. Articles placed Mitchell in or near a midblock crosswalk and reported that EMS took him to Lincoln Hospital, where he died. Later reporting raised questions about whether an NYPD van had been pursuing the Mercedes before the crash; Streetsblog said video and witnesses suggested a chase, while an NYPD spokesman quoted by the Daily News could not confirm a pursuit and the department declined Streetsblog's questions.
A late-night crossing ended at Lincoln Hospital
At about 12:44 a.m. on May 10, 2025, a driver in a sedan traveling south on Webster Avenue hit Kelvin Mitchell, a 43-year-old pedestrian. The city record lists one pedestrian death and unsafe speed for the sedan; news reports identified the sedan as a black Mercedes-Benz and said the driver did not stop.
EMS took Mitchell to Lincoln Hospital, where he died, according to ABC7 and the Daily News.
Webster Avenue in Morrisania
The city crash record places the fatal collision at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street in the Bronx. News accounts all put the scene on Webster Avenue in Morrisania, but they described the cross street differently: the Daily News reported near East 168th Street, Streetsblog reported between East 168th and East 169th streets, ABC7 later reported East 169th Street, and an earlier ABC7 report said East 160th Street.
The Daily News reported that Mitchell lived in nearby Webster Houses, around the corner from where he was hit. Streetsblog reported that memorials honored him both near his apartment building and in front of the bodega he had just left.
Kelvin Mitchell's family and neighbors described a community loss
ABC7 reported that Mitchell's mother, Nancy Aguilar, said surveillance video showed the driver speeding and not stopping. Lorrious told ABC7 that Mitchell worked construction jobs and made sweatsuits, and said his children were close to him.
Speed, flight, and an unresolved pursuit question
The city record lists unsafe speed as the contributing factor for the sedan. News reports also described speed: the Daily News reported that video showed a black sedan speeding down a bus lane moments before the crash, and Streetsblog reported that video and witnesses indicated an NYPD van was pursuing the speeding Mercedes shortly before Mitchell was hit.
The pursuit question remained unsettled in the published accounts. The Daily News reported that an NYPD spokesman could not confirm whether police were chasing the Mercedes before the crash, while Streetsblog reported that the NYPD declined to answer specific questions and that it was unclear whether a chase caused the driver to speed or whether the driver was already speeding.
Police searched for the driver
ABC7 reported on the day of the crash that police were searching for the driver and that no arrests had been made. The Daily News reported that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was reviewing surveillance cameras in the area to identify the Mercedes-Benz and its driver.