Driver Charged After Pedestrian Death on 18th Avenue
At 10:27 a.m. on Feb. 21, 2022, at 18th Avenue and East 2nd Street in Brooklyn, police said Shmuel Zupnick hit Adilova Rahima as she crossed; she died the next day, and he was later charged with failing to yield.
What We Know
Police said Shmuel Zupnick was driving an Infiniti SUV and turning left at East 2nd Street and 18th Avenue in Kensington when he hit Adilova Rahima as she crossed 18th Avenue. City crash data records a 10:27 a.m. collision at that intersection, one pedestrian killed, an SUV making a left turn, and failure to yield right-of-way. Authorities said paramedics found Rahima unconscious and rushed her to Maimonides Hospital in critical condition; she died the next day. Police later arrested Zupnick and charged him with failing to yield, failure to exercise due care, and an equipment violation related to excessively tinted front windows.
A left turn in Kensington became fatal
The official record places the crash at 10:27 a.m. on Feb. 21, 2022, at 18th Avenue and East 2nd Street in Brooklyn. It records one pedestrian killed and lists failure to yield right-of-way for the SUV driver, who was making a left turn.
Police told amNewYork that Adilova Rahima was crossing 18th Avenue when the driver turned left at the intersection and hit her. Paramedics found her unconscious and unresponsive, and she died at Maimonides Hospital the following day.
Adilova Rahima was a neighborhood resident
Rahima was 65. amNewYork reported that she lived in the area and was about 10 minutes from her Ocean Parkway home when she was hit while crossing the street.
The driver was in an Infiniti SUV
City crash data lists the involved vehicle as a 2021 Infiniti SUV with one occupant. amNewYork reported that the SUV had a rear Wisconsin plate and no front plate; police later cited the driver for an equipment violation involving excessively tinted front windows.
Police later arrested the driver
Police initially said the driver stayed at the scene and that charges had not been filed. About a month later, police arrested Shmuel Zupnick and charged him with two counts of failing to yield, failure to exercise due care, and the tinted-window equipment violation.
Where
18th Ave & East 2nd St, Brooklyn