{"id":145569,"date":"2026-02-26T02:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145569\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:01:09","slug":"wrong-way-nyc-driver-who-allegedly-killed-a-bride-to-be-arrested-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/145569\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong-way NYC driver who allegedly killed a bride-to-be arrested: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wrong-way Greenwich Village driver <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/07\/us-news\/woman-27-fatally-struck-by-wrong-way-nyc-driver-idd-as-transplant-from-massachusetts-planning-wedding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who allegedly struck and killed<\/a> a Massachusetts transplant late last year \u2013 months before her planned wedding \u2013 has been arrested on a homicide charge, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gary Levinson, 62, was picked up Tuesday morning and charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless driving in connection to the Nov. 6 crash that killed Valerie Schoeck, 27, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schoeck was crossing Morton Street at the Seventh Avenue South intersection just after 8:30 a.m. when Levinson, driving a 2020 GMC Savanna van, allegedly rammed into her while making a left turn, authorities and sources said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38605610\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nypd-highway-6th-pct-police-114912684.jpg\" alt=\"NYPD Highway and 6th pct police at Morton Street and 7th Avenue South. after a van struck a pedestrian.\" class=\"wp-image-38605610\"  \/>Gary Levinson, 62, was charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless driving in connection to the Nov. 6 crash that killed Valerie Schoeck, 27, police said.\u00a0 William Farrington<\/p>\n<p>The young woman \u2013 originally from Cambridge but living in the West Village \u2013 was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, but could not be saved.<\/p>\n<p>Levinson, who lived in the East Village, remained at the scene and was not initially charged.<\/p>\n<p>But a further investigation determined he was driving the wrong way in traffic when he hit Schoeck, who was walking the crosswalk, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38605616\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ambulances-nypd-6th-pct-police-114910048_6ba5ae.jpg\" alt=\"Ambulances and NYPD 6th pct police leaving Morton Street and 7th Avenue South. after a van struck a pedestrian. \" class=\"wp-image-38605616\"  \/>An investigation determined that Levinson was driving the wrong way in traffic when he hit Schoeck, cops said. William Farrington<\/p>\n<p>He was arraigned on an indictment in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday and released on his own recognizance, according to prosecutors and online records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is due back in court April 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Levinson has no previous arrests, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Schoeck was preparing to get married next summer, according to her family. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe woman killed is my nephew\u2019s fianc\u00e9,\u201d a woman named Carol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@1010wins923\/video\/7569708776945749262\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">commented on a 1010 WINS TikTok post <\/a>at the time of the deadly crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all shocked and desperately saddened and in disbelief. Her name is Valerie. She was to be married in June. There are no words to describe the grief. She was an extraordinary gorgeous young lady. Thank you for your prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schoeck\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Ross Barlow, declined to speak to a Post reporter who visited her apartment in November.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wrong-way Greenwich Village driver who allegedly struck and killed a Massachusetts transplant late last year \u2013 months&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3283,254,2519,75,57,9,56,63,65,64,4159,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-145569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-car-crashes","10":"tag-greenwich-village","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-headlines","17":"tag-nyc-news","18":"tag-pedestrians","19":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}