An eyewitness says a hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian in a busy Upper East Side intersection | Upper East Site
An eyewitness says a hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian in a busy Upper East Side intersection | Upper East Site

Hit-&-Run Driver Arrested in Deadly UES Crash: NYPD

The NYPD says it has tracked down and arrested the driver who mowed down a woman on an Upper East Side street, then sped away and left her to die in a gruesome hit-and-run last December

Donovan Stewart, 23, was arrested on Friday, March 3rd, nearly three months after the collision that took the life of a 40-year-old woman who was crossing Third Avenue at East 96th Street.

NYPD officers examine the scene of the collision on Third Avenue at East 96th Street | Upper East Site
NYPD officers examine the scene of the collision on Third Avenue at East 96th Street | Upper East Site

Police say Stewart was behind the wheel of the dark-colored sedan that slammed into Chevon Cintron back on December 8th around 6:05 pm, as she walked westbound within crosswalk on the north side of the intersection. 

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That night, witnesses told Upper East Site they heard the car slam into the woman, then speed away “like a race car.”

The impact of the collision knocked Cintron into another lane of traffic where she was then hit a second time by a MTA bus, according to investigators.

A pool of blood could be seen in the center lane of Third Avenue shortly after the crash | Upper East Site
A pool of blood could be seen in the center lane of Third Avenue shortly after the crash | Upper East Site

A pool of blood was seen in the center lane of Third Avenue shortly after the deadly crash, as well as roughly one hundred feet of intermittent skid marks — apparently from the anti-lock brakes on the rear wheels of MTA bus — trailing the gory scene. 

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Cintron was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital by paramedics, where she was pronounced dead from her injuries, police say.

The driver of the dark-colored sedan was arrested Friday, police say | Upper East Site
The driver of the dark-colored sedan was arrested Friday, police say | Upper East Site

Donovan Stewart, of East Harlem, is currently in custody on charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, as well as failing to show a license.

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