Driver Charged After Woman Killed on Second Avenue
A southbound SUV driver hit and killed 69-year-old pedestrian Espina Bundley at 4:28 a.m. on March 25, 2026, at Second Avenue and East 58th Street in the city record; news reports citing police placed it at East 57th Street and said Bryan Alexis Guashpa Rumipamba was charged.
What We Know
Before dawn on March 25, 2026, a southbound SUV driver hit 69-year-old pedestrian Espina Bundley on Second Avenue in Midtown East. The city crash record places the fatal crash at East 58th Street; multiple police accounts in news reports placed the impact at nearby East 57th Street. Reporters citing police said Bundley was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, where she died. Police later arrested Bryan Alexis Guashpa Rumipamba, 43, and said he was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care. The city vehicle record lists driver inattention or distraction; press accounts also reported video evidence and a yellow-light sequence.
A before-dawn hit-and-run on Second Avenue
The city crash record says one pedestrian was killed at 4:28 a.m. on March 25, 2026, after a southbound driver in a station wagon or SUV went straight ahead on Second Avenue in Manhattan.
Police accounts reported by Fox 5 and the Daily News identified the pedestrian as Espina Bundley, 69, of Queens. They said a driver in a 2024 Chevrolet Suburban hit her while she was crossing Second Avenue, left the scene, and medics took her to NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, where she died.
The records point to the East 57th and East 58th Street area
The official city crash record places the fatal crash at Second Avenue and East 58th Street in Manhattan. Reviewed news reports citing police generally placed the impact at Second Avenue and East 57th Street, one block south.
CrashCountNYC location data show that the Second Avenue corridor in Manhattan recorded 3,205 crashes, 1,880 injuries, 131 serious injuries and 12 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Bundley was identified after police notified family
News reports identified the woman killed as Espina Bundley, 69, of Richmond Hill, Queens. Streetsblog reported that her landlord, Felix Labra, called her Espy and said, “She was a very nice person” and “She created a bond with my wife.”
Police later arrested Bryan Alexis Guashpa Rumipamba, 43, of Queens. Police said he was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care.
Movement and traffic-control accounts differ
The city vehicle record lists driver inattention or distraction and says the driver was traveling south and going straight ahead. The city pedestrian record says Bundley was in a marked crosswalk and crossing with no signal.
Some press accounts add details that do not fully match the city vehicle record. The Daily News reported that Guashpa Rumipamba hit Bundley as he made a turn in a Chevrolet Suburban, while Streetsblog and Our Town reported that video or prosecutor accounts showed him speeding up to beat a yellow light. Police charged him with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care.