Hit-and-run driver killed Mary Rowell on the FDR Drive
At 12:14 a.m. on June 29, 2024, a hit-and-run driver hit 31-year-old Mary Rowell as she crossed the FDR Drive near East Houston Street, and she died at Bellevue Hospital.
What We Know
Mary Rowell, 31, was crossing the FDR Drive near East Houston Street just after midnight on June 29, 2024, when a northbound driver hit her and left the scene, police told reporters. Officers found her unresponsive on the roadway, and she was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. News reports described the fleeing driver's vehicle as a sedan; the official vehicle entry lists a 2003 Ford SUV traveling north and going straight. The official records list driver inattention/distraction for the driver and pedestrian error/confusion for Rowell. Police said there were no arrests and that the Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
A northbound driver hit Rowell as she crossed the highway
The official record places the crash on the FDR Drive at 12:14 a.m. on June 29, 2024, and records one pedestrian death. Police told reporters that Mary Rowell, 31, was crossing near East Houston Street or exit 5 when a northbound driver hit her and left the scene.
The crash happened on the FDR Drive near Houston Street
The crash was recorded on the FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan. Police accounts cited in news reports placed Rowell at FDR Drive and East Houston Street, with Patch describing the location as exit 5 near Houston Street.
Mary Rowell was taken to Bellevue, where she died
Officers found Rowell unresponsive on the roadway with trauma to her body, Patch reported from police information. Police said emergency responders took her to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, where she was pronounced dead.
Sources disagree on the vehicle description
Police accounts in the news reports described the driver as using a sedan, and the New York Post reported it was black. The official vehicle entry instead lists a 2003 Ford SUV, traveling north and going straight before the crash.
Police said the driver had not been arrested
Police told both outlets that the driver did not stop after the crash. The reports said there were no arrests and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.