Police arrest three after fatal Yankee Stadium hit-and-run
At East 161 Street and River Avenue, where the crash record cited unsafe speed, police arrested three men after a hit-and-run in front of Yankee Stadium killed a 69-year-old Bronx woman.
What We Know
At 5:16 a.m. on Aug. 25, 2022, police recorded a fatal crash at East 161 Street and River Avenue in the Bronx. News 12 reported that police arrested three men in connection with a hit-and-run in front of Yankee Stadium that killed a 69-year-old Bronx woman. The official record identifies the woman as the driver of a southbound Mitsubishi SUV and lists another motorist injured. It records a westbound BMW SUV with three occupants and a parked Mercedes SUV with no occupants; the listed factors for the BMW driver were unsafe speed and disregarding a traffic control.
What police recorded before dawn
The crash was recorded at 5:16 a.m. on Aug. 25, 2022, at East 161 Street and River Avenue. The official record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured.
The person killed was a 69-year-old woman who was driving a southbound Mitsubishi SUV. News 12 described her as a Bronx woman and reported that the hit-and-run happened in front of Yankee Stadium.
East 161st Street carries a heavy crash toll
The crash happened at East 161 Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, by Yankee Stadium.
CrashCountNYC location context identifies East 161st Street in the Bronx as a corridor with 588 crashes, 369 injuries, 28 serious injuries and 2 deaths since 2022.
Police reported arrests after the hit-and-run
News 12 reported on Aug. 26, 2022, that police had arrested three men in connection with the fatal hit-and-run.