Wendy Davis – whose stage name was Wenne Alton Davis – was struck and killed by a taxi while crossing a Midtown street in December. Davis worked full-time as a customs agent at John F. Kennedy International Airport – moonlighting as an actress, including a bit part as a cop in the Emmy-winning series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Davis was crossing Broadway near the West 53rd Street intersection just before 9:00pm on Dec. 8, when a 61-year-old driver in a Cadillac hit her while making a left turn, authorities said. The 60-year-old Queens resident suffered severe head and body trauma and was rushed to Mount Sinai West Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries, police said.
The driver remained at the scene. Police say she had the right-of-way, and while no charges had been filed as of mid-December, the investigation is ongoing. Criminal charges require evidence of recklessness or negligence meeting a statutory threshold. Civil liability is separate and evaluated under a lower evidentiary standard, often arising even when criminal charges are not pursued.
Sources: The New York Post, Lawyer Monthly
