Driver Accused in Hit-and-Run That Killed Nassau Expressway Worker
At 7:28 a.m. Sept. 19, 2025, a driver in a sedan hit and killed Isabel Alvarez, 44, while she was working in the Nassau Expressway roadway, and police later arrested Daveanand Budhai in the hit-and-run, News 12 reported.
What We Know
At 7:28 a.m. on Sept. 19, 2025, a driver in a sedan hit and killed Isabel Alvarez, 44, on the Nassau Expressway. The official record says Alvarez was a pedestrian working in the roadway and lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. News 12, citing police, reported that Alvarez was a construction worker from the Bronx who had been standing in a safety zone between an exit ramp and the eastbound lanes. Police said officers later found Daveanand Budhai near South Conduit Avenue and 134th Street, and he faced charges in the hit-and-run.
A worker was killed in a roadway safety zone
The official crash record says a 44-year-old pedestrian was killed on the Nassau Expressway at 7:28 a.m. on Sept. 19, 2025. News 12 identified her as Isabel Alvarez, a construction worker from the Bronx, and reported that police said she was standing in a safety zone between an exit ramp and the eastbound lanes when a driver hit her.
Police later located the accused driver
News 12 reported that a 25-year-old man faced charges after the fatal hit-and-run. Police identified the driver accused of leaving the scene as Daveanand Budhai after officers located him near South Conduit Avenue and 134th Street.
State transportation officials mourned a colleague
State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez said, "There is nothing more important to me than the safety of the workers who are out there every day...Our thoughts now are with our fallen colleague."
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Nassau Expy