A 41-year-old Spring Valley man is facing a slew of charges following a pedestrian crash that killed a 4-year-old girl and left two other children injured. A 31-year-old man was also injured.
Police say they initially received reports of a pedestrian struck near a vehicle on Old Nyack Turnpike in Spring Valley. Upon further investigation, it was concluded that four people were struck by the vehicle while they were exiting Kennedy Trails Park on a sidewalk.
The driver has been identified as 41-year-old Axel Lopez-Santiago of Spring Valley. Charges against him include aggravated vehicular homicide and DWI. He is being held on $750,000 cash bail.
News 12 has confirmed 4-year-old Golda Eisenbach, the daughter of Spring Valley Village Trustee Yisroel Eisenbach, was killed. The other three victims were transported to a hospital with varying injuries.
Residents in the area expressed their concerns Sunday regarding dangerous driving in the area.
"Spring Valley has a lot of children in the community and there's no regard for them…There's all these kids playing on the sidewalk and all these cars flying by. No regard for children," said one Spring Valley educator.
"Kids have died. There are so many being hit. At a certain point, someone has to say, 'Come on. Do something,"' said Jackie Renwick.