Teen driver killed in high-speed Belt Parkway crash
Mohammed Ayth Alkotait, 16, was killed and five motorists were injured at 2:05 a.m. on the Belt Parkway after witnesses told police he drove east at high speed, clipped a Kia and struck a Hyundai.
What We Know
Mohammed Ayth Alkotait, a 16-year-old Arizona resident, died after an early-morning crash on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. The city crash record logged one motorist killed and five injured at 2:05 a.m. and cited unsafe speed. The Daily News, citing police, reported that witnesses said Alkotait drove east at a high rate of speed, clipped a Kia and struck a Hyundai before the crash left his Honda on the Shore Parkway service road. Police sources told the paper investigators did not believe he was wearing a seat belt.
Early-morning crash on the eastbound Belt Parkway
At 2:05 a.m. on June 18, 2022, the city crash record logged a fatal collision on the Belt Parkway with one motorist killed and five motorists injured.
The Daily News, citing police, identified the dead driver as Mohammed Ayth Alkotait, an Arizona resident. Witnesses told police he drove east at a high rate of speed, clipped a Kia and struck a Hyundai before the crash left his Honda on the Shore Parkway service road.
The teen driver was ejected and later died
The official fatality record lists a 16-year-old male driver as the person killed. The Daily News named him as Mohammed Ayth Alkotait and reported that he was thrown from the Honda. EMS took him to NYU Langone-Brooklyn, where he could not be saved.
The crash was recorded in Bensonhurst near Bay Parkway
The city record places the crash on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. The Daily News reported that it happened on the eastbound side near Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst and that the crash left the Honda on the Shore Parkway service road.
Records and reporting described the Honda differently
In city vehicle records, the listed vehicles include a 2020 Honda categorized as a station wagon or SUV, a 2021 Kia categorized as a station wagon or SUV, and a 2016 Hyundai sedan. The Daily News described the Honda as an Odyssey minivan, a difference from the city vehicle category.
Speed was cited in both the record and witness accounts
The city crash record cites unsafe speed as a contributing factor. The Honda driver's vehicle record also cites unsafe lane changing, and the Daily News reported that witnesses told police Alkotait was driving east at a high rate of speed before the crash.