Driver in BMW SUV fatally hits 99-year-old on Oriental Boulevard
A driver in a westbound BMW SUV hit 99-year-old Jack Mikulincer as he crossed Oriental Boulevard at Coleridge Street in Manhattan Beach on Feb. 5, 2022, and medics took him to Coney Island Hospital, where he died.
What We Know
Jack Mikulincer, 99, was crossing Oriental Boulevard at Coleridge Street in Manhattan Beach on Feb. 5, 2022, when a driver in a BMW SUV hit him at about 4:45 p.m.; the city record logged the crash at 4:46 p.m. Sources described his mobility device in slightly different terms, including a motorized mobility scooter, a motorized wheelchair, and an electric wheelchair scooter. Medics took him to Coney Island Hospital, where he died. Police told reporters the driver stayed at the scene, and articles reported no charge at the time.
What happened on Oriental Boulevard
At about 4:45 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2022, with the city record logging 4:46 p.m., a driver in a BMW SUV traveled west on Oriental Boulevard and hit 99-year-old Jack Mikulincer at Coleridge Street as he crossed the boulevard. AMNY reported he was heading north.
The Post described Mikulincer as using a motorized mobility scooter, the Daily News described a motorized wheelchair, and AMNY described an electric wheelchair scooter.
Jack Mikulincer was close to home
AMNY identified the man killed as Jack Mikulincer, a 99-year-old Manhattan Beach resident, and reported that he was less than a block from home when the driver hit him. The city record identifies the person killed as a 99-year-old male pedestrian.
The driver was in a BMW SUV
The city record lists one involved vehicle: a 2020 BMW SUV with one occupant, a licensed New York male driver. It records the driver going straight westbound before the impact and notes front-end and right-front-bumper damage.
A boulevard crossing with few north-south options
The crash happened at Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. AMNY reported that the intersection had no crosswalk in the direction Mikulincer was trying to cross and that there were no north-south pedestrian crossings for three blocks in either direction on the two-way boulevard.
CrashCountNYC location context for Oriental Boulevard shows 47 crashes, 33 injuries, 2 serious injuries, and 1 death from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Investigators recorded a crossing factor
The city person record classified Mikulincer as a pedestrian at an intersection crossing without a signal or crosswalk and listed pedestrian error/confusion as a contributing factor. The reviewed articles did not report a driver charge at the time.
He died at Coney Island Hospital
Medics took Mikulincer to Coney Island Hospital, where police said he was pronounced dead. Police told reporters the driver stayed at the scene, and the Daily News reported that the NYPD Highway Patrol Collision Investigation Squad was investigating that night.