Motorcyclist Dies After Ocean Parkway Crash at Avenue N
Fred Wearing, 49, died at Maimonides Medical Center after a Dec. 28, 2022 crash involving an SUV driver and his motorcycle at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn.
What We Know
Fred Wearing, 49, was injured in a Dec. 28, 2022 crash at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn and died at Maimonides Medical Center on Feb. 9, according to police reporting cited by Brooklyn Paper. The official crash record lists one motorist killed and identifies the vehicles as a 2019 Audi SUV and a 2017 Honda motorcycle. The record and the article disagree on the reported movements before impact: the official record lists the SUV driver traveling east and making a left turn while the motorcyclist traveled north, while Brooklyn Paper reported that Wearing was riding southbound and turning left when a northbound driver hit him.
The crash and the account that followed
The crash was recorded at 3:12 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2022, at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn. The official record lists one person killed and no other injuries.
Brooklyn Paper, citing police, identified the motorcyclist as Fred Wearing, 49, and reported that he was taken by ambulance to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition. Police later announced that Wearing died there on Feb. 9.
Vehicles and movements in the records
The official record identifies the vehicles as a 2019 Audi SUV and a 2017 Honda motorcycle. It lists the SUV driver as traveling east and making a left turn, and the motorcyclist as traveling north and going straight ahead.
Brooklyn Paper reported a different preliminary account: Wearing was riding southbound on Ocean Parkway and attempting to turn left onto Avenue N when a northbound driver hit him. The article also reported that the other driver remained at the scene.
Ocean Parkway and Avenue N had a documented crash history
The collision happened at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Paper reported that the intersection had at least 32 crashes since 2017, with dozens of injuries.
Police continued the investigation
Brooklyn Paper reported that the Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was investigating and that no arrests had been made as of the article's publication.