Driver booked for DWI after woman killed on Van Wyck service road
At 6:45 p.m. on March 3, 2023, a northbound SUV driver hit and killed 24-year-old pedestrian Tecinna Bahadur on the Van Wyck Expressway service road at 106 Avenue; police said Anthony Ramjit was booked for DWI.
What We Know
Tecinna Bahadur, 24, was crossing the Van Wyck Expressway service road in Jamaica on Friday evening when police said Anthony Ramjit, 41, drove north in a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse and hit her. The city crash record lists the crash at 6:45 p.m. at 106 Avenue; QNS, citing police, placed the crossing near 107th Avenue, just south of Norelli-Hargreave Playground. EMS took Bahadur to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Police said Ramjit remained at the scene, was taken to the 103rd Precinct and was booked for DWI. The city record lists alcohol involvement as a contributing factor, and the vehicle record also lists unsafe speed.
Police described a fatal northbound impact
The city record places the crash at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, March 3, 2023, on Van Wyck Expwy Service Road at 106 Avenue. QNS, citing police, reported that Anthony Ramjit, 41, drove north in a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse and hit Tecinna Bahadur, 24, as she crossed the service road. EMS took Bahadur to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Along the Van Wyck service road in Jamaica
The official record lists the location as Van Wyck Expwy Service Road at 106 Avenue. QNS reported that police placed the crossing near 107th Avenue, just south of Norelli-Hargreave Playground, and said Bahadur was killed just blocks from her home.
A 24-year-old pedestrian was killed
The city record identifies the person killed as a 24-year-old female pedestrian. QNS identified her as Tecinna Bahadur of Jamaica.
Alcohol and speed appear in the record
The city crash record lists alcohol involvement as a contributing factor, and the vehicle record also lists unsafe speed. QNS reported that police arrested Ramjit, took him to the 103rd Precinct and booked him for DWI; the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad investigation was ongoing.