Driver Charged in Fatal Canarsie Pedestrian Crash
A driver police identified as Gary Turner allegedly hit Louis Garcia at Glenwood Road and East 105th Street on Jan. 31, 2024, in a crash the official record says killed one pedestrian and involved alcohol.
What We Know
Louis Garcia, 68, was crossing Glenwood Road at East 105th Street in Canarsie at about 6:51 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2024, when police said Gary Turner, 47, hit him while driving a 2017 Dodge. Garcia was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center and died there. Police arrested Turner at the crash scene and said he faced charges including vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired and an equipment violation. The official crash record lists alcohol involvement and records Garcia as a pedestrian killed at the intersection.
Police said an allegedly intoxicated driver hit Garcia in Canarsie
The official record places the crash at Glenwood Road and East 105th Street in Brooklyn at 6:51 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2024. It records one pedestrian killed and no other reported injuries.
The New York Post, citing police, reported that Louis Garcia, 68, was crossing Glenwood Road at the intersection when Gary Turner, 47, hit him while driving a 2017 Dodge. Garcia suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center.
Police arrested the driver at the scene
Police told the Post that responding officers arrested Turner at the crash site. Authorities said he was charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated, an equipment violation and driving while ability impaired.
Sources describe the Dodge differently
The Post, citing police, described the Dodge as a 2017 Dodge Caravan. The official record classifies the driver’s vehicle as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle and lists the make as Dodge.
Glenwood Road has seen hundreds of crashes in recent years
The fatal crash happened at Glenwood Road and East 105th Street in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC’s location context for Glenwood Road in Brooklyn shows 731 crashes, 612 injuries, 45 serious injuries and 3 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.