Taxi Driver Fatally Injured Pedestrian on the Bowery
A 22-year-old taxi driver hit 79-year-old Ann Readick at East 4th Street and the Bowery on June 23, 2024; police later said she died from her injuries at Bellevue on July 22.
What We Know
Ann Readick, 79, was crossing the Bowery at East 4th Street in Manhattan on June 23, 2024, when a 22-year-old driver in a 2023 Toyota Sienna taxi minivan hit her while traveling north, according to police details reported by The Village Sun. The official crash record places the collision at 1:37 p.m. and records one pedestrian death. The driver remained at the scene, and EMS took Readick to Bellevue Hospital, where she was initially listed in stable condition. Police later said she died from her injuries on July 22. The official record lists traffic-control disregard for the taxi driver and records Readick's action as crossing against the signal.
What happened on the Bowery
Police details reported by The Village Sun say Ann Readick, a 79-year-old East Village woman, was crossing the Bowery at East 4th Street, heading east, at 1:37 p.m. on Sunday, June 23, when a 22-year-old driver in a 2023 Toyota Sienna taxi minivan hit her while traveling north on the Bowery.
The driver remained at the scene. EMS took Readick to Bellevue Hospital, where she was first listed in stable condition; police later said she died from her injuries on Monday, July 22.
The crash happened at a Bowery intersection with a long crash record
The official record places the crash at East 4th Street and Bowery in Manhattan, in the 10012 ZIP code.
CrashCountNYC location data for Bowery in Manhattan shows 530 crashes, 272 injuries, 15 serious injuries and 1 death since 2022.
Ann Readick lived a block from where she was hit
The Village Sun identified the pedestrian as Ann Readick, 79, and reported that she lived at 65 Second Avenue, about a block from the crash site.
NYPD crash investigators took the case
The Village Sun reported that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was handling the investigation.