Bus Driver Charged After 15-Year-Old Killed at Avenue P
A bus driver failed to yield while turning right at Avenue P and Bedford Avenue and killed 15-year-old Antonina Zatulovska as she crossed with the signal, and police later charged school bus driver Aleksandr Patlakh, the Post reported.
What We Know
A driver in a bus was making a right turn at Avenue P and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn at 7:55 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2022, when he failed to yield, according to the city crash record. The record says a 15-year-old pedestrian was crossing with the signal at the intersection and was killed. Police identified her as Antonina Zatulovska and said school bus driver Aleksandr Patlakh, 55, fled after hitting her and was arrested later that morning. The Post reported police charged him with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care. First responders found the teen unresponsive with head trauma and pronounced her dead at the scene.
Police identified the teen and the driver
Police identified the girl as Antonina Zatulovska, 15. The Post reported that first responders found her unresponsive with head trauma and pronounced her dead at the scene.
Police said school bus driver Aleksandr Patlakh, 55, of Coney Island, fled after hitting her and was arrested later that morning. The Post reported that police charged him with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to use due care.
Avenue P and Bedford Avenue
The crash happened at Avenue P and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn.
Bedford Avenue is a major Brooklyn corridor. CrashCountNYC’s location context for the street recorded 2,327 crashes, 1,544 injuries, 78 serious injuries and 8 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
School context was reported, but her destination was not
The Post reported that James Madison High School is located at the intersection, but the city’s public schools were closed that day for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A Department of Education spokesman said, “I will note that today is a federal holiday and no DOE buses were running today.”