Pickup Driver Hits Sedan Driver at Queens Conduit Intersection
Police said a 30-year-old pickup driver hit Fitz H. Slowe, 71, at South Conduit Avenue and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Queens on Dec. 18, 2023, and the official record logged one motorist killed and one injured.
What We Know
Fitz H. Slowe, 71, of East Flatbush, was driving east on South Conduit Avenue a little after 8 p.m. when, police told amNY, a 30-year-old pickup driver hit him at Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. The official record places the crash at 8:15 p.m. in Queens and records one motorist killed and one injured. The record lists Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor. It also differs from the article on the pickup driver's direction of travel: the record lists northbound travel, while amNY reported police said southbound. Both motorists were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where Slowe was pronounced dead and the pickup driver was in stable condition; amNY reported that police had made no arrests as the investigation continued.
Police described a collision at the Conduit intersection
Police told amNY that Fitz H. Slowe, 71, of East Flatbush, was driving a Chevy sedan east on South Conduit Avenue a little after 8 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2023, when a 30-year-old driver in a Dodge pickup hit him at Guy R. Brewer Boulevard.
The official crash record lists the time as 8:15 p.m. and records one motorist killed and one motorist injured.
South Conduit Avenue has a long crash record
CrashCountNYC location context places the collision area at Brewer Boulevard and South Conduit Avenue in Queens.
Along South Conduit Avenue in Queens, Crash Finder counts 1,039 crashes, 795 injuries, 50 serious injuries and 6 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Slowe died after both drivers were taken to Jamaica Hospital
amNY reported that responders took both motorists to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where Slowe was pronounced dead and the pickup driver was listed in stable condition.
The sources disagree on the pickup driver's direction
The official record lists the driver in a Dodge entry going north and the Chevrolet sedan driver going east; amNY reported police said the pickup driver was going southbound and Slowe was driving eastbound. The official entries describe both motorists as going straight before the crash.
No arrest had been reported the next day
amNY reported on Dec. 19 that police had not made any arrests and that the investigation remained ongoing.