Isabel Alvarez, a member of the 44 -year -old Workers’ Union and Flagger in a New York City road construction project, was assassinated and killed by a fast and running biker early in the morning on September 19. The violence with which he died, a city prosecutor said that Alvarez was launched by 168 feet by the collision force.
Another may be the comments attributed by the police and local prosecutors to Daveanand Budhai, 25, arrested in relation to the collision. He was found in a mile from the workplace where he had requested an ambulance to deal with the injuries of his hands on the impact.
According to a media account of the criminal complaint against Budhai, he allegedly told police that he was accelerating and “To be honest, I was not attentive to my surroundings. I had aroused. I was in a hurry. I was in a hurry because I wanted to get something to eat Dunkin ‘donuts.’
Budhai also told the police that I thought he hit a barrel And it was taken out and did not see Alvarez or the construction “until the last minute”, According to another story of the criminal complaint.
The city prosecutor accused him of slaughter, aggression, reckless driving and leaving the place of an accident.
Officials of the Local Workers’ Union 731, of which Alvarez was a member, could not be reached immediately to confirm his direct businessman, no The nature of the work was immediately clear.
But Alvarez was marking traffic on a ramp from the Nassau road that led to the Van Wyck Expressway, in the mountain of Queens.
Construction work area accidents are a perennial problem, with an average of about 140 a year ago in the United States, but by 2023 to 88, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Said in a March report that “tThe road construction sector and the bridge are making progress measured in the reduction of workers’ deaths and injuries compared to the largest construction industry. “
Industry has been Reduce the dangers of workplace, provide security training, improve public awareness of work areas and adopt new technologies, reported the group.
The fall took place at 7:28 AM that the crew worked on the starting ramp and the left lane closed and marked with multiple drums of traffic and signaling, said the city’s prosecutor. The speed published for the ramp was 25 miles per hour.
Victim retained “stop/lens” paddle
Alvarez had a “stop/slow” palette in the construction area while carrying its necessary safety equipment, including a hard hat and a fluorescent reflective visibility vest.
Budhai drove to the traffic drums before he allegedly struck Alvarez, the prosecutor said. After the collision, he turned a mile away and allegedly called 911 to apply for an ambulance for his injuries.
The Budhai Sedan, according to the prosecutor, had “significant front damage, including a destroyed windshield that seemed to open. The blood and glass were inside the vehicle, as well as fluorescent marks in the hood and the roof of the vehicle.”
Alvarez’s mother told The Daily News that her daughter had been worried about being run over by a car while at work.
An Instagram post from the worker’s 731 premises noticed Alvarez’s Pas. “Losing a member at work is the hardest news we can share,” he said.
