Driver charged in Bronx crash that killed Robert Godwin
At 4:26 a.m. on June 5, 2022, at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street, police said Imani Williams drove 77 mph through a red light and hit Robert Godwin's TLC-plated Camry, killing him.
What We Know
Robert Godwin, a 45-year-old livery cab driver, was driving a TLC-plated Toyota Camry at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street early June 5, 2022, when police said Imani Williams sped north in a Chevrolet Traverse, ran a red light and hit him. The city crash record lists unsafe speed and records Godwin as the sole person killed. In 2025, police said DNA from the driver's seat linked Williams to the Chevrolet; she surrendered and was charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and reckless driving.
Police said a speeding driver ran the light
The city record places the fatal crash at 4:26 a.m. on June 5, 2022, at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street in the Bronx. It records one person killed: a 45-year-old male driver in a westbound Toyota sedan. News reports identified him as Robert Godwin, a livery cab driver operating a Toyota Camry with TLC plates.
The record describes the Toyota as making a left turn, while the reviewed news accounts describe Godwin driving west with the light or right of way. Police later said Imani Williams was driving a Chevrolet Traverse north on Webster Avenue when she ran a red light and hit Godwin's Camry.
The crash happened at Webster Avenue and East 168th Street
The official crash record lists the location as Webster Avenue at East 168th Street in the Bronx. News reports used different neighborhood descriptions, including Morrisania and Concourse, but they described the same early-morning crash at the same intersection.
Robert Godwin was near the end of an overnight shift
The Daily News described Godwin as an outgoing livery cab and professional driver who was nearing the end of his overnight shift. A witness, David Torres, said Godwin had stopped for a red light and entered the intersection when it turned green.
Torres described people trying to help after the crash: "There was a whole bunch of people here trying to break all the windows to take the guy out the car."
The record and reports describe multiple damaged vehicles
The city record lists a northbound 2013 Chevrolet SUV, a westbound 2017 Toyota sedan and three parked vehicles: a 2018 Volkswagen SUV, a 2011 Volkswagen sedan and a 2012 Dodge SUV. News reports identified the Chevrolet as a Traverse and the Toyota as a Camry with TLC plates.
Sources differ on occupancy in the Chevrolet. The city record lists one occupant in the moving Chevrolet SUV, while the Daily News reported that the hit-and-run driver left passengers behind and later wrote that two passengers also ran off.
Speed was central in the official record and police account
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as the contributing factor for the northbound Chevrolet SUV. The Daily News reported that police later determined Williams was driving 77 mph in a 25-mph zone, in a bus lane, when she ran the red light.
In the 2022 account, Torres estimated the Chevrolet driver was going 75 mph as other drivers stopped for the light.
Police arrested Williams more than three years later
Police said Williams surrendered with a lawyer at the 44th Precinct in August 2025. She was charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and reckless driving.
According to the Daily News, collision investigators recovered DNA from the driver's seat and linked it to Williams after more than two years.