How Many Deaths Does It Take to Redesign an Intersection? This young women Ella Bandes is from Montclair like Deshon Johnson and Christian Nobel. All three young resident was killed by a reckless bus driver. Here is the article on Ella.Judy Kottick and her husband, Ken Bandes, recently stood on a corner at a hectic intersection on the border of Brooklyn and Queens. The couple have a keen interest in the spot: It's where their daughter, 23 year-old Ella Bandes, was struck and killed by a city bus in 2013. http://www.wnyc.org/story/death-bus-could-better-street-design-have-saved-ella-bandes/