Driver Charged After Midtown Crash Kills Wenne Alton Davis
At 8:54 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2025, police said MD Abdul Shomuz turned a Cadillac SUV left at Broadway and West 53rd Street and hit Wendy Davis, a 60-year-old pedestrian crossing with the signal; he was later charged with failure to yield.
What We Know
Wendy Davis, an actor who used the name Wenne Alton Davis, was crossing Broadway at West 53rd Street in Midtown on Dec. 8, 2025, when a driver in a Cadillac SUV turned left and hit her. The official crash record lists the pedestrian as crossing with the signal and identifies failure to yield as the contributing factor. Police later identified the driver as MD Abdul Shomuz and said he turned himself in months after the crash; he was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian. Davis was taken to Mount Sinai West, where she died.
Police said a left-turning driver hit Davis in the crosswalk
The official record places the crash at 8:54 p.m. at West 53rd Street and Broadway and lists one pedestrian killed. It says the pedestrian was at the intersection, crossing with the signal, when a southbound driver in a 2023 Cadillac SUV was making a left turn.
Gothamist reported that police identified the driver as MD Abdul Shomuz and said he hit Wendy Davis while turning left from West 53rd Street onto Broadway. Davis sustained severe injuries and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai West.
Wendy Davis was an actor and Queens resident
News reports identified the pedestrian as Wendy Davis, who performed as Wenne Alton Davis and lived in Forest Hills. Reports said she appeared in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and also had credits in New Amsterdam and Blindspot.
A Midtown Broadway corner with a long crash record
The crash happened at West 53rd Street and Broadway in Manhattan, near the Theater District and several blocks from Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Center.
CrashCountNYC’s Broadway corridor context shows 4,156 crashes, 2,263 injuries, 188 serious injuries and 7 deaths on Broadway in Manhattan since 2022.
The official record lists failure to yield
The city crash record identifies failure to yield right-of-way as the contributing factor for the driver and lists the SUV’s pre-crash movement as making a left turn. Gothamist reported that police said Davis had the right of way when the driver hit her.
Police later charged the driver
Initial reports said the driver stayed at the scene and faced no immediate charges. In March 2026, Gothamist reported that police said Shomuz turned himself in and was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian; the Manhattan district attorney’s office said police issued him a desk appearance ticket.