Driver in NYPD Warrant-Squad Vehicle Kills East New York Pedestrian
A driver operating a northbound SUV in the official record hit and killed a 58-year-old pedestrian near 570 Pennsylvania Ave. at 6:07 p.m., and the Daily News reported the driver was in an unmarked NYPD warrant-squad Toyota Sienna.
What We Know
A driver operating a 2023 Toyota SUV recorded by the city as traveling north on Pennsylvania Avenue hit a 58-year-old woman near 570 Pennsylvania Ave. at 6:07 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2024. The Daily News, citing police and sources, reported that the driver was operating an unmarked NYPD warrant-squad black Toyota Sienna and that the woman was lying in the street before the impact near Riverdale Avenue. A DHS worker who said he witnessed the crash told the paper the driver was moving “real fast” without lights or sirens and said the woman had passed out and fallen into the street. EMS took her to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she died; the operator remained at the scene, and the paper reported no arrests.
What police and a witness said happened
City crash data records a licensed male driver traveling north in a 2023 Toyota SUV and going straight ahead before a 58-year-old woman was killed near 570 Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn at 6:07 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2024.
The Daily News reported that the driver was operating an unmarked NYPD warrant-squad black Toyota Sienna near Riverdale Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. Police and sources told the paper the woman was lying in the street when the driver hit her.
A witness described a collapse before the impact
DHS worker Shawn Carter told the Daily News that the woman “passed right out in the street” and fell before the impact. Carter also told the paper the driver was moving “real fast” without lights or sirens.
Pennsylvania Avenue has seen repeated serious harm
The crash happened near 570 Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York, close to Riverdale Avenue.
On Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC recorded 1,682 crashes, 1,190 injuries, 37 serious injuries and 7 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The vehicle was described two ways
The official crash record lists a 2023 Toyota station wagon/SUV with three occupants. The Daily News, citing police and sources, described the NYPD warrant-squad vehicle as a black Toyota Sienna and an unmarked police van.
EMS took the woman to Brookdale
Emergency Medical Services transported the woman to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she died, the Daily News reported. The operator remained at the scene, and the paper reported no arrests.