Driver fatally injures pedestrian on York Avenue
A 72-year-old driver in a 2017 Land Rover hit 30-year-old Sophia d'Antoine at York Avenue and East 87th Street at 9:28 p.m. on April 2, 2024, and she later died, according to police accounts and the city crash record.
What We Know
At York Avenue and East 87th Street, a 72-year-old driver in a 2017 Land Rover hit Sophia d'Antoine while she was crossing on the night of April 2, according to police accounts cited by local outlets. The city crash record logs the collision at 9:28 p.m., with one pedestrian killed and two motorists injured. Police accounts said the Land Rover driver also hit a taxi driver's cab head-on; investigators also recorded damage to a parked Ford Explorer. d'Antoine, a 30-year-old cybersecurity founder who lived nearby, was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition and later died. Patch reported that no arrest, charge, or summons had been issued to the Land Rover driver as the NYPD Highway District investigation continued.
A driver hit her as she crossed York Avenue
The city crash record places the crash at 9:28 p.m. on April 2, 2024, at York Avenue and East 87th Street in Manhattan. Police accounts cited by the Post and Patch said a 72-year-old man driving north in a 2017 Land Rover hit Sophia d'Antoine, 30, as she crossed York Avenue.
Police told Patch the driver then swerved into the opposite lane and hit a taxi driver's cab head-on; the crash also damaged a parked 2022 Ford Explorer. The official record counts two motorists injured in addition to the pedestrian fatality.
She died after days in critical condition
d'Antoine was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition. The Post reported that she died Friday, three days after the crash; Patch reported that officials did not give an exact date of death.
The Post identified her as the 30-year-old founder of Margin Research and reported that records showed she lived on East 87th Street about half a block from the crash site. Police said the taxi driver, 62, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital with injuries that Patch described as to his neck and back.
York Avenue has a documented crash toll
The crash site was York Avenue and East 87th Street in Manhattan. CrashCountNYC's York Avenue-Manhattan corridor data show 396 crashes, 158 injuries, 15 serious injuries and 5 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Reports described a Land Rover and a taxi; records label vehicles differently
Police accounts in the reviewed articles described the northbound driver's vehicle as a 2017 Land Rover SUV and the other moving vehicle as a yellow Kia taxi; Patch called it a 2011 Kia Niro cab. The city crash record labels the two moving vehicles as sedans and lists a 2017 Land Rover and a 2022 Kia, plus a parked 2022 Ford SUV.
Speed appears in the record, while the signal picture remains less clear
The city crash record lists unsafe speed for the northbound driver and traffic-control disregard in the pedestrian entry. Patch reported that the final collision report did not clarify the traffic-light status at the time of the crash.
Reviewed articles said records tied five school-zone speed-camera violations to the Land Rover before the crash; the Post also cited 13 such camera violations tied to the taxi.
Patch reported that the Land Rover driver remained at the scene and that police had not charged or summonsed him. The Post also reported no arrests and said the investigation remained open.