Driver in Hummer Kills Woman Crossing With Signal in Chelsea
A 66-year-old woman crossing with the signal at Eighth Avenue and West 25th Street died after police said 19-year-old Hadi Qadir turned a Hummer H2 into the crosswalk, and officials later charged him with failing to yield to a pedestrian.
What We Know
A 66-year-old woman was crossing with the signal at Eighth Avenue and West 25th Street on Dec. 22, 2025, when a driver turning a Hummer H2 struck her at the Chelsea intersection, according to police accounts and city crash records. Medics took her to Bellevue Hospital, where she died. Early reports said the 19-year-old driver stayed at the scene and was not arrested that night. Sing Tao later reported that police identified the driver as New Jersey resident Hadi Qadir and arrested him on April 22 on a failure-to-yield-to-pedestrian charge, with prosecution still pending.
A right turn during the evening rush
The crash happened around 6:39 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2025, at Eighth Avenue and West 25th Street in Chelsea. City records say the pedestrian was at the intersection and crossing with the signal when the driver of a 2008 Hummer H2 was making a right turn.
The Daily News and ABC7 reported that police described the driver as a 19-year-old man and said he stayed at the scene. Medics took the woman to Bellevue Hospital, where she died.
Police later named the woman and the driver
Sing Tao reported that the woman who died was Wai Fun Tso, 66, of Grand Street in Chinatown, and identified the driver as Hadi Qadir, a 19-year-old New Jersey resident. The outlet, citing police, said Qadir was not injured and cooperated with investigators at the scene.
Failure to yield is central in the record and later case
City crash records list failure to yield right-of-way as the contributing factor for the Hummer driver. Sing Tao reported that after a four-month NYPD Collision Investigation Squad inquiry, police arrested Qadir on April 22 and accused him of failing to yield to a pedestrian, while final prosecution decisions remained pending.
Eighth Avenue has a long crash record nearby
The fatal crash occurred at Eighth Avenue and West 25th Street in Manhattan. CrashCountNYC location data for Eighth Avenue in Manhattan shows 1,242 crashes, 612 injuries, 54 serious injuries and 5 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.