Police said Phelps was eastbound on Biddle Street and had a green light at Calvert Street. They said Virkus was driving north on Calvert. A woman walking on the east side of Calvert told police that she saw the crosswalk sign on the east side of Calvert "change from a blinking upraised hand to a solid upraised hand [and] observed a silver Honda Accord travel [northbound] on Calvert Street [and] run the red light."
The woman told police, according to the report, that the Escalade entered the intersection simultaneously, and the collision sent both cars sliding northeast across the intersection, where the Honda slammed into the back of a parked car and the Escalade hit and overturned a mail box.
In an interview with police at the scene, an officer asked Phelps, "What color was the light?" and he answered, "Green, 100%," according to the report. Phelps told the officer he had been coming from Penn Station. The officer then asked him, "Had you been drinking tonight?" and Phelps answered, "One beer at 7:30 p.m., and I left the house at 8:10 p.m."
