Drivers Ran Over Pedestrian on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn
Police said two eastbound drivers ran over a 39-year-old pedestrian at Atlantic and Bedford avenues in Crown Heights on May 25, 2024; he died at the scene.
What We Know
Police said a 36-year-old man driving an eastbound box truck first hit the pedestrian with the truck's side-view mirror and ran over him at Atlantic and Bedford avenues in Crown Heights. Police said a 72-year-old driver in an Acura SUV, also traveling east, then ran over the man again. The city crash record places the crash on Atlantic Avenue at 9:18 p.m. on May 25, 2024, and lists the pedestrian as a 39-year-old man. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Both drivers remained there, and police reported no arrests.
Police described two drivers running over the pedestrian
Police told amNY that the man was running across Atlantic Avenue at Bedford Avenue when a 36-year-old man driving an eastbound box truck hit him with the truck's side-view mirror and ran over him. Police said a 72-year-old driver in an Acura SUV, also headed east on Atlantic Avenue, then ran over him again.
Atlantic Avenue at Bedford Avenue
The city crash record logs the fatal crash at 9:18 p.m. on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Police placed it at Atlantic and Bedford avenues in Crown Heights, outside the Bedford-Atlantic Armory, which amNY described as one of the city's largest men's homeless shelters.
The pedestrian died at the scene
The official record lists the person killed as a 39-year-old male pedestrian and records that he was crossing outside a signal or crosswalk. amNY reported that police pronounced him dead at the scene.
Both drivers were traveling east
The crash record lists a 2024 FRHT box truck and a 2012 Acura SUV, each with one occupant, both traveling east and going straight ahead before the crash. Police identified the box-truck driver to amNY as a 36-year-old man and the Acura driver as 72 years old.
Police reported no arrests
amNY reported that both drivers remained at the scene and that neither driver was arrested.