Driver in BMW sedan fatally hit teen on Kings Highway
A 19-year-old driver in a BMW sedan hit 17-year-old Terah Saucier on Kings Highway in Flatlands at about 7 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2022, and Saucier died after medics took him to Kings County Hospital.
What We Know
Terah Saucier, 17, was crossing Kings Highway near Avenue K in Flatlands on the evening of Feb. 12, 2022, when a 19-year-old driver in a BMW sedan heading west hit him, according to amNY and the official crash record. Paramedics took Saucier to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and records one injured motorist. Police told amNY that the driver stayed at the scene and that no arrests had been made as of the article's publication.
A teenager was hit while crossing Kings Highway.
The official crash record places the crash on Kings Highway at 7:01 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2022, and records one pedestrian killed and one motorist injured. amNY reported that Terah Saucier, 17, was crossing near Avenue K when a 19-year-old male driver in a BMW sedan heading west hit him.
Paramedics found Saucier in the roadway with severe injuries and took him to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to amNY.
The crash happened at a wide Flatlands junction.
The official record locates the crash on Kings Highway in Brooklyn. amNY reported the crash at Kings Highway and Avenue K in Flatlands, less than a block from Saucier's home.
amNY reported that the Avenue K and Kings Highway area had eight serious crashes injuring 12 people since 2011, citing NYC Crash Mapper. The article also noted that the junction includes traffic from Troy Avenue and that the Department of Transportation had added painted pedestrian medians with plastic posts in recent years to shorten the long Kings Highway crossing and calm traffic.
Police said the driver stayed at the scene.
Police told amNY that the driver stayed at the scene and that investigators had made no arrests as of Feb. 13, 2022.
amNY reported that Saucier's death came during a deadly week for children in New York City traffic, after separate crashes involving a 5-year-old boy in Midwood and a 10-year-old girl in Far Rockaway.