A 35-year-old man from North Riverdale has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident in which a woman died, police confirmed on Sunday.

 

On Saturday, Nov. 27, at 5.03 p.m., an off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged in the 50th precinct with regarding a hit and run incident that occurred in August. Demoy Adams, 35, of the North Riverdale section of the Bronx, who is a maintenance worker with the New York City Department of Education, was charged with “leaving [the] scene of an accident without reporting – death” and “leaving [the] scene of an accident with injury.”

 

As reported, on Saturday, Aug. 28, at approximately 8.42 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding two pedestrians who had been struck by a vehicle at the intersection of East Fordham Road and Morris Avenue in Fordham Manor, located in the 46th precinct.

 

Upon arrival, police observed a 44-year-old woman and a 53-year-old woman, unconscious and unresponsive with trauma throughout the body. EMS also responded and transported both aided women to St. Barnabas Hospital, where the 44-year-old woman was pronounced deceased and the 53-year-old woman was listed in stable condition.

 

A preliminary investigation determined that an unknown vehicle was traveling eastbound on East Fordham Road when the driver failed to properly navigate the road and struck the 44-year-old woman. The vehicle also collided with metal items that were on the sidewalk, causing them to strike the 53-year-old woman. The vehicle did not remain at the scene of the incident. The NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad began investigating.

 

The deceased was later identified as Murielle Gousse, 44, of Prospect Avenue in the Belmont section of The Bronx.

 

A person arrested and charged with a crime is innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.