By Gus Saltonstall
A woman was killed in a car crash over the weekend that involved a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on an Upper West Side stretch of the West Side Highway, a police spokesperson confirmed to West Side Rag.
Around 3:40 a.m. on Sunday, a 26-year-old man was driving a Subaru northbound in the southbound lane of the West Side Highway when he collided with a Toyota Highlander traveling in the correct direction, police said.
The 49-year-old driver of the Toyota Highlander escaped with minor injuries, but Ada Rivero, 65, who was sitting in the backseat of the car, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
NYPD did not say whether the 26-year-old driver of the Subaru sustained any injuries but did confirm that a person was taken into custody following the crash.
We will update this story, if we learn more.
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How impaired does one have to be to drive on the wrong side of the highway? People like this are murderers and should never, ever be allowed to drive again.
My condolences to the victims of this heinous crime. this is not OK. The wrong-way driver should be tried for manslaughter and given a max sentence.
WSR – thank you for covering and please let us know what happens.