Hit-and-run driver kills woman crossing Grand Concourse
A hit-and-run driver in a 2020 Volkswagen sedan hit and killed Martina Sanchez Alcantara, 75, while she crossed Grand Concourse at East 164th Street with the signal, and police later charged Marck Urena Fernandez.
What We Know
At 5:04 a.m. on April 12, 2024, a driver traveling south on Grand Concourse in a 2020 Volkswagen sedan hit Martina Sanchez Alcantara at East 164th Street. Police said the 75-year-old Bronx woman was crossing east to west in the crosswalk with the pedestrian signal in her favor; the city crash record also records her as crossing with the signal. EMS pronounced her dead at the scene. Police said the driver left after the crash. In May, police arrested Marck Urena Fernandez, 25, and News 12 reported charges including second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and reckless driving. The official crash record lists unsafe speed, and the sedan's official vehicle entry also lists disregarding traffic control as a contributing factor.
A driver hit a pedestrian who had the signal
Police said a driver in a 2020 Volkswagen sedan was heading south on Grand Concourse at about 5:04 a.m. when the driver hit Martina Sanchez Alcantara at East 164th Street.
Bronx.com, citing police, reported that Sanchez Alcantara was crossing Grand Concourse from east to west in the crosswalk with the pedestrian signal in her favor. The official person record also lists her as crossing with the signal.
Police said the driver left after the crash. EMS pronounced Sanchez Alcantara dead at the scene.
Where sources place the crash
The city crash record places the fatal collision in the Bronx at Grand Concourse and East 164th Street. Bronx.com and News 12 also reported East 164th Street, while ABC7 described the woman as found on Grand Concourse near East 163rd Street.
Martina Sanchez Alcantara was identified after family notification
Police identified the woman killed as Martina Sanchez Alcantara, a 75-year-old Bronx resident, after family notification.
Police reported an arrest a month later
News 12 reported that police arrested Marck Urena Fernandez, 25, in May and charged him with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and reckless driving.