Uber Driver Attacked With Hockey Stick Crashes Into Median And Dies

A New York City Uber driver crashed his car and died after he was attacked in a road rage incident Saturday night in Manhattan, according to reports.

Randolph Tolk, 68, overshot a crosswalk in near the Chelsea Piers on Saturday night before the attack, according to police. Kohji Kosugi, 39, was walking by and seemingly became agitated by the failed maneuver, according to the New York Post Sunday.

Kosugi, who the Post described as an amateur hockey player based on photos shared to his social media, allegedly began hitting the hood of Tolk’s Toyota Camry with a hockey stick. Police said that the incident escalated to a verbal argument before Tolk eventually got out to confront Kosugi. Police said that Kosugi then allegedly hit Tolk in the head with a hockey stick and stomped on his chest.

Tolk then got back in his car and drove a few blocks before crashing into a median. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. A medical examiner will try and determine whether the blow to the head or the crash is responsible for Tolk’s death.

Kosugi was arrested Sunday at 2:40 p.m. afternoon and charged with manslaughter.

Tolk lived in West New York, New Jersey, and had a license with the Taxi and Limousine Commission, according to CW-affiliate WPIX. He was not actively driving for Uber when the incident occurred.

Tolk’s son Andrew Told, 31, told the New York Daily News that his father was an avid New Yorker and a kind person. Tolk was a father of two as well as a grandfather of three.

“He couldn’t leave New York. The man is obsessed with New York,” he said. “He would put everyone else before himself …I’m numb.”

According to the New York Post, Kosugi earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Siena College in Albany, New York. He also earned a public health degree from St. George’s University located in Grenada.

Kosugi's LinkedIn profile lists that he is a doctor, but according to the New York Daily News, he does not have a medical license in New York state. His name does appear on two papers by staff at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.