Family mourns 93-year-old woman killed by motorcyclist in Wakefield
Loved ones held a candlelight vigil at East 225th Street and White Plains Road, the same intersection where police say Campbell was hit Monday afternoon during one of her daily walks.
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A Bronx family gathered Wednesday night to remember 93-year-old Lenora Campbell, who was struck and killed by a motorcyclist while crossing the street in Wakefield.
Loved ones held a candlelight vigil at East 225th Street and White Plains Road, the same intersection where police say Campbell was hit Monday afternoon during one of her daily walks.
“I’m just trying to deal with it… you know, try to take it easy, but it’s hard,” said her only son, Colin McKenzie.
McKenzie said his mother was fiercely independent and refused to use a walker despite his encouragement.
“I offered a walker once and she told me, ‘The walker gonna make me old.’ I said, ‘Alright, Mom, I won’t give you the walker,’” he recalled.
“She was a giver. She was so beloved,” her daughter, Marcia Irons, said.
According to the NYPD, the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Investigators say a 31-year-old motorcyclist struck Campbell twice before dragging her down the street and fleeing the scene.
“Stay with her… it shows at least, ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do this.’ But it’s a person. You just hit somebody and run away?” Irons let out in frustration.
The tragedy comes as New York City continues to see a decline in pedestrian fatalities. According to the latest Vision Zero report, 46 pedestrians have been killed citywide so far this year — a more than 42% decrease compared with when the program launched in 2013, putting 2026 on pace to become the fifth-safest year on record for pedestrian deaths.
For Campbell’s family, however, those statistics offer little comfort.
“It don’t matter. She’s gone,” her son said.
The city Department of Transportation said it will continue expanding safer street designs and increasing traffic enforcement through its Vision Zero initiative in an effort to prevent future tragedies.
The investigation remains ongoing, and police have not announced any arrests.
