Driver fatally hit man on Linden Boulevard in East New York
A 59-year-old driver in an eastbound Chevy sedan hit a 36-year-old man at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street at 1:21 p.m. on March 18, 2024, and the pedestrian died at Brookdale University Hospital, police told amNY.
What We Know
A 59-year-old male driver was traveling east on Linden Boulevard at Ashford Street at about 1:20 p.m. on March 18, 2024, when police said he hit a 36-year-old man in the crosswalk. The city crash record lists the involved vehicle as an eastbound sedan and records one pedestrian death. The man was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and pronounced dead shortly before 2 p.m., amNY reported. The crash record says the pedestrian was crossing against the signal and cites traffic-control disregard and pedestrian error or confusion. Police told amNY the driver remained at the scene and that criminality was not immediately suspected.
A mid-day crossing ended with a hospital death
The city crash record places the crash at 1:21 p.m. on March 18, 2024, at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street in Brooklyn. It records one pedestrian death and no other reported injuries.
Police told amNY the 36-year-old man was in the crosswalk when a 59-year-old male driver traveling east on Linden Boulevard hit him. The man was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 2 p.m.
Linden Boulevard has a heavy crash record
The fatal crash happened at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street in East New York, Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC's street context for Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn counts 2,223 crashes, 1,585 injuries, 64 serious injuries and 8 deaths since 2022.
People identified in records
The driver
Police told amNY the driver was a 59-year-old man who remained at the scene. The city crash record lists the driver as a licensed male driver with a New York license.
The involved sedan
The city crash record describes the involved vehicle as a 2015 Chevrolet sedan traveling east and going straight ahead before the crash. The record notes center-front impact and center-front damage.
amNY reported that a How's My Driving NY review found 10 camera-issued speeding tickets associated with the sedan's license plate since 2021, including eight in the past year, plus two bus-lane tickets and one red-light ticket.
What the record says about the signal
The city crash record says the pedestrian was crossing against the signal and lists traffic-control disregard and pedestrian error or confusion as contributing factors.
Police told amNY that criminality was not immediately suspected after the driver remained at the scene.