Driver in SUV Fatally Hits Woman on Cross Island Parkway
A 42-year-old man driving a black Cadillac SUV hit and killed 82-year-old Lucili Osjo-Igbinoba on the northbound Cross Island Parkway near Exit 26 early Aug. 14, 2023, police told QNS.
What We Know
Lucili Osjo-Igbinoba, 82, was killed early on Aug. 14, 2023, on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens. Police told QNS that she was walking along the northbound parkway when a 42-year-old man driving a black Cadillac SUV hit her just north of the Southern State Parkway. Officers responding near Exit 26 and Linden Boulevard found her on the roadway with severe trauma, and EMS pronounced her dead at the scene. The city crash record lists one pedestrian death and no other injuries. Police said the driver stayed at the scene, no criminality was suspected, and the Highway Collision Investigation Squad was continuing its investigation.
A fatal crash before dawn on the parkway
The city crash record places the crash at 5:12 a.m. on Aug. 14, 2023, on the Cross Island Parkway and records one pedestrian killed with no other injuries.
Police told QNS that officers responded to a 911 call near Exit 26 and Linden Boulevard just after 5 a.m. They found Lucili Osjo-Igbinoba on the roadway with severe trauma, and EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.
Lucili Osjo-Igbinoba was identified by police
NYPD later identified the woman killed as Lucili Osjo-Igbinoba, 82, of Parkview Place in Elmont. The official crash record also lists the person killed as an 82-year-old female pedestrian.
Police described the driver and SUV
According to QNS, the NYPD's preliminary investigation found that Osjo-Igbinoba was walking along the northbound Cross Island Parkway when a 42-year-old man driving a black Cadillac SUV hit her just north of the Southern State Parkway. The city record lists the vehicle as a 2015 Cadillac SUV traveling north with four occupants.
Investigators reported no suspected criminality
Police told QNS that the driver stayed at the scene and that no criminality was suspected. The Highway Collision Investigation Squad's investigation was described as ongoing.
The city crash record says the pedestrian was away from an intersection and crossing with no signal or crosswalk, and it lists pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor.
Where
Cross Island Pkwy