Drivers Fatally Hit 22-Year-Old on FDR Drive
A 35-year-old man driving a Honda Odyssey and a 45-year-old woman driving a Mini Cooper hit and killed 22-year-old Justin Siguencia on FDR Drive in East Harlem shortly before midnight, police told news outlets; the city crash record lists one pedestrian death and no other injury.
What We Know
Shortly before midnight on Nov. 26, 2025, Justin Siguencia, 22, was fatally injured on FDR Drive in East Harlem. Police told news outlets he was lying in the left northbound lane near East 105th Street when a 35-year-old man driving a Honda Odyssey hit him and a 45-year-old woman driving a Mini Cooper also hit him. The city crash record lists one pedestrian death, no other injuries, and two northbound drivers: one in an SUV and one in a sedan. The drivers remained at the scene; news reports said no arrest had been made, while NBC New York reported no charges were expected as the investigation continued.
Police said two drivers hit him in a northbound lane
Police said Justin Siguencia was lying in the left northbound lane of FDR Drive shortly before midnight when a 35-year-old man driving a Honda Odyssey hit him and a 45-year-old woman driving a Mini Cooper also hit him. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
The official crash record lists the crash at 11:57 p.m. on Nov. 26, 2025, on FDR Drive, with one pedestrian killed and no other people injured.
The reported location was on the East Harlem stretch of FDR Drive
The city record places the crash on FDR Drive in East Harlem. Press accounts cited police as describing the spot as the northbound FDR near East 105th Street, while NBC New York described the location as East 106th Street.
Our Town reported that this part of the FDR is at street level and that the nearest pedestrian overpass is at East 79th Street, more than a mile away.
Justin Siguencia was remembered by his school and coworkers
The NYPD identified Siguencia as a 22-year-old man from Belleville, New Jersey. Our Town reported that he graduated from Loyola High School, earned a University of Michigan economics degree in May 2025, and was working as an analyst at Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Loyola principal Tony Oroszlany said, "Justin was a wonderful young man who will be greatly missed by all." Our Town reported that a funeral Mass was held Dec. 1 at St. Peter's Church in Belleville and that Siguencia was laid to rest at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Records and reports describe the drivers' vehicles differently
The city crash record lists two northbound drivers going straight ahead: a male driver in a station wagon or SUV and a female driver in a sedan. Press accounts identified the drivers' vehicles as a Honda Odyssey and a Mini Cooper; Our Town called the Honda a 2026 Odyssey minivan, while the city record classifies the Honda entry as a station wagon or SUV.
Investigators had not publicly explained why he was in the lane
Audacy reported that it was not clear why Siguencia was lying on the northbound FDR Drive, and Our Town reported that police had no clear idea why he was on the highway. The city crash record coded pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor.
The drivers remained as the investigation continued
Police told news outlets that both drivers remained at the scene. Audacy and Our Town reported that no arrest had been made, and NBC New York reported that no charges were expected to be filed as the investigation continued.