A woman was killed crossing a busy intersection in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx when she was hit by a scooter rider who then fled the scene. Police are now searching for that scooter rider.

 

According to the NYPD, the crash was reported at 4:19 p.m. on Monday, July 20, at White Plains Road and East Gun Hill Road in the confines of the 47^th Precinct.

 

On Thursday, July 30, an NYPD spokesperson told Norwood News, “The NYPD’s Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a 50-year-old female pedestrian was crossing White Plains Road from east to west within a marked crosswalk when she was struck by an unidentified individual operating an electric stand-up scooter.”

 

The woman was rushed to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition. The police official concluded, “The unidentified individual fled the scene. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.”

 

Family members and Montefiore hospital officials identified the victim as Wilmary Carrion, 50, from the Longwood section of The Bronx. The victim was a longtime employee of the hospital. According to an announcement of her wake, Carrion succumbed to her injuries on Friday, July 24.

 

On Thursday, July 30, hours before Carrion’s wake, Montefiore Hospital issued a brief statement regarding Carrion, saying, “The Montefiore family shares its deepest condolences with the family, friends and co-workers, and is saddened by the untimely and tragic loss.”

On Friday, July 31, Norwood News visited the site and spoke with “Suzy” who was selling ices out of a cart at the corner of White Plains Road and East Gun Hill Road, diagonally across from where Carrion was fatally struck. Suzi recalled how people had surrounded the victim, adding, “I am a [former] nurse. I wanted to go over there, but I couldn’t find someone to take care of my cart.”

 

Suzi explained that she had to leave her job as a nurse since suffering a neck injury. She said of the crash, “I don’t know who was on the scooter or what happened with the scooter. Somebody just told me she hit her head when she hit the curb after impact.” She added, “They were giving her CPR.”

 

Suzy added, “There are constantly people dying over here because of the scooters, because people are negligent.” She pointed to an NYC Department of Transportation vertical traffic control device, where all the raised flaps were apparently knocked off, with one still laying on the ground next to the curb. She explained, “They destroyed all of these things because they are coming too fast.”

“I am doing CPR all the time over here,” Suzi continued. “I pick up people and send them to the hospital.” However, she her good deeds are not without some unfortunate consequence. Referring to another occasion when she was reportedly rendering aid to someone, she said, “They had stolen my stuff and took everything.”

 

Of the latest fatal hit & run, Suzi confirmed firefighters from nearby Engine 62 / Ladder 32 arrived quickly and they rendered aid to Carrion. An MTA employee who also witnessed the scene shortly after the crash, said, “Oh, I didn’t know she worked at Montefiore.” He continued, “She was in the crosswalk, and she was crossing, and the guy came and it was a head on collision.”

 

“He took off,” the MTA employee continued, “It was a hit and run. I just saw her lying on the ground. He left with the scooter. She was bleeding [….] and the firemen were trying to bring her back.” He added, “The firemen came right away.” Norwood News has obtained cellphone video from the scene that shows two firefighters taking turns giving Carrion CPR.

 

When reached by telephone on Sunday, Aug. 2, Carrion’s brother-in-law, Luis Cadcadiz, was critical of what he believes are the weak charges the perpetrator will face, if located. “I’ve been speaking with detectives,” he said. “From what I understand, every state has its own laws. Whatever this person did to my sister-in-law, traffic laws aren’t the same [across different states]. They are not applied the same so in other words, you can hit someone on a scooter and its vehicular homicide, (if you kill them), but if the guy on a scooter kills you, I guess they get a slap on the wrist.”

 

Cadcadiz said that Carrion was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico and grew up in The Bronx and had worked at Montefiore for 28 years, where it’s believed she worked as an administrative assistant at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Cadcadiz added, “My mother-in-law is very distraught after all of this.”

 

Police officials could not immediately provide a description of the scooter or its rider. Norwood News asked the NYPD and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) for surveillance video of the accident scene, as there are multiple NYPD surveillance cameras pointing at the crash site. Neither agency immediately responded to the request.

 

According to the latest NYPD statistics for the week of July 20 – July 26, there were 20 crashes reported citywide involving a stand-up scooter, with Carrion’s death the only fatality. There were 79 crashes citywide involving stand-up scooters during the first seven months of 2026, including seven fatalities, compared to just three fatalities during the same time period in 2025.

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*Síle Moloney contributed to this story.