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Brooklyn’s Crash-Filled Year Continues with Fatal Hit-and-Runs

It’s been a dangerous year for New York’s pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.

Fire Truck Crashes Into Gravesend Storefront

Fire Truck crashes into a storefront. (Photo via Hillel Lichtenstein)GRAVESEND – Six people are injured after a fire truck crashed into a car and then a storefront last night. On Sunday, December 20 at around 11:30 p.m., a fire truck was responding to a fire on Bay Parkway

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Man Dead After Crashing Car Into Garbage Truck

At the scene of the crash. (Photo via Loudlabs)CANARSIE – A 32-year-old man is dead after crashing his car into a sanitation truck early yesterday morning. On Sunday, December 20 at around 3:46 a.m., Kenneth T. Pamphile was driving a 2002 Nissan Altima and was traveling westbound on

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Motorcyclist Dead In Mill Basin Crash

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] MILL BASIN – A 30-year-old motorcyclist has died following a crash last week. On Thursday, December

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Two Dead In East New York Hit-And-Run

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] EAST NEW YORK – Two people are dead after a two-car crash this weekend. On Saturday,

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Woman Fatally Struck By Car In Midwood, Driver Arrested

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] MIDWOOD – A 69-year-old neighbor is dead after being struck by a driver while crossing the

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One Dead In Three-Car Crash In Williamsburg After Tire Blows Out

One of the vehicles involved in the fatal crash this morning. (Photo via Loudlabs)WILLIAMSBURG – A 28-year-old man is dead after a three-car crash took place early this morning after a car’s tire blew out. On Wednesday, November 25, at around 1:10 a.m., a 30-year-old man was

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Man Crashes Car Into Tree And Dies

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A 31-year-old man is dead after losing control of his car and driving

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Man Dead After Motorcycle Collides With SUV In A Hit And Run

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROWNSVILLE – Last month, a 29-year-old man was riding his motorcycle when it collided with an

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One Dead, One Injured After Crashing Speeding Car Into Tree

The car was destroyed during the crash. (Photo: Hillel Lichtenstein) KENSINGTON/MIDWOOD – A 24-year-old is dead and a 21-year-old is injured after their speeding car crashed into a tree early this morning. Just before 12:40 a.m., Nuvakh Ilishayev, 24, was driving a 2019 BMW M5 sedan with a

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Isaiah Benloss Is Fighting For His Life After Being Injured In Car Crash

Isaiah Benloss. (Photo via his family)FLATBUSH – Isaiah Benloss, 18, was in a Lyft car coming back home to his family after spending the night at his friend’s house. The car was just a three-minute drive away from his home in Flatbush when the crash occurred [/early-morning-car-crash-on-ocean-avenue-beverly-leaves-two-injured/]. Around 3:

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Early Morning Car Crash On Ocean Avenue & Beverly Leaves Two Injured

A torn up car after the crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – An early morning car crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road has left two people in the hospital, with one in very serious condition. In the month of July alone, there were

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Some Hope After Grief: Park Slope Mom Gives Birth To Baby Girl

PARK SLOPE – Two years ago, Ruthie Ann Miles was pregnant and crossing the street with her five-year-old daughter Abigail Joy, when a driver ran over them, killing Abigail and a one-year-old boy/ Miles suffered a miscarriage. Now, two years later, she gave birth to a baby girl. The 37-year-old Broadway

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Driver Dead After Speeding Through Red Light

CONEY ISLAND – A 30-year-old man is dead after speeding through a red light and crashing into another car. On Sunday, April 12 at around 9:51 p.m., Mohammad Rafaq, 30, was driving a 2005 Hyundai Elantra Westbound on Avenue Z. According to the NYPD, he was speeding when he

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Police Car Crashes into Legendary Diner

George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue with shattered storefront. Liena Zagare/Bklyner.FLATBUSH — Yesterday, around 10.30 a.m., at 753 Coney Island Avenue right at Cortelyou Road, a police car swerved into George’s Diner, a local neighborhood staple, shattering the business’ front window. “We’re eating over

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Drunk Cop Charged with Manslaughter After Fatal Car Crash

Photo of the crash scene. Photo via Loudlabs.EAST FLATBUSH — A fatal car crash over the weekend left one woman dead and one woman injured. The driver of one of the vehicles fled the scene, while the other driver–a drunk cop–was charged with manslaughter. On Sunday, December 8

Downtown Brooklyn

81-Year-Old Driver Fatally Struck Pedestrian in Downtown Brooklyn

SUV crashed into scaffolding on Pearl Street. Lloyd Mitchell/BklynerDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Wednesday morning, a pedestrian was fatally struck by an elderly man driving an SUV in Downtown Brooklyn. An 81-year-old driver in an SUV struck a 40-year-old woman on Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn around 9.30 a.m. A

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Motorcyclist Struck by Car in East New York

Collision in East New York. Lloyd Mitchell/Bklyner.EAST NEW YORK — A motorcyclist was struck by a car this morning in East New York. A motorcyclist traveling southbound at the intersection of Hegeman Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue was struck by a white Hyundai around 9 a.m. The motorcyclist was

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Brooklyn Cop Killed in Car Crash After Racing Vehicle on the FDR

Officer Garman Chen died after his vehicle crashed at a barrier on the FDR Drive. (Photo via NYPD)CARROLL GARDENS – A 25-year-old cop from the 76th precinct is dead after speeding his vehicle with another on the FDR Drive early Saturday morning. On Saturday, November 16 at around 2:30

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A Drunk Driver Kills Canarsie Man On E-Bike

Ave D and 105th Street. (Photo via Google Maps)CANARSIE – A 29-year-old man on an E-Bike is dead after a drunk driver collided with him Sunday night. On June 9th at about 10:37 p.m., 22-year-old Treasure Liggins was driving her 2007 Infiniti G35 heading eastbound on Avenue D

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Fire On The Brooklyn Bridge Leaves One Dead, 5 Injured Day Before Thanksgiving

Photo: Katie MillerBROOKLYN BRIDGE – One person is dead and five are injured after three cars crashed and erupted into flames on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge this morning at 7:15 a.m. Photo: Katie MillerBoth sides of the bridge were forced to shut down the day before

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Weekend Crime Blotter: Cop Cuffed After Crash in Greenpoint, Vandals Draw Swastikas in Brooklyn Heights & More

GREENPOINT – An off-duty cop was arrested after crashing his car while driving the wrong way down a one-way street in North Brooklyn this weekend, police confirmed. Harry Sepulveda, 31, was arrested and charged with driving with ability impaired, refusing to take a Breathalyzer and driving the wrong way after crashing

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Fatal Heart Attack Causes Three-Car Crash in Canarsie

Looking east on Flatlands Avenue from E 76th Street, near where the crash took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)CANARSIE – A Brooklyn man suffered a fatal heart attack behind the wheel last night on Flatlands Road, crashing his SUV into multiple cars, police confirmed. Osamah Saleh, 32, of Flatlands, was

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One Dead in Bed-Stuy After Single Car Crash

Looking west on Dekalb Avenue, near where the crash took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Last night, a driver died behind the wheel after suffering a “medical episode,” crashing his vehicle into several parked cars on DeKalb Avenue. The crash took place around 11:45 pm on Monday, August

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Pedestrian Killed on South Slope Street, Driver Arrested After Fleeing Scene

Outside 162 21st Street in South Slope, where Jose Cardoso was killed in a car crash over the weekend (Screenshot via Google MapsSOUTH SLOPE – A pedestrian was killed Saturday night after a driver lost control while attempting to park his van on an industrial side street off of 4th Avenue,