Dump Truck Driver Hit and Killed Man at Woodpoint and Withers
Police told reporters a 49-year-old Mack dump truck driver hit a man while turning near Woodpoint Road and Withers Street and left, and the official record lists one pedestrian killed at that Brooklyn intersection.
What We Know
Police told reporters that a 49-year-old Mack dump truck driver turned right near Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn and hit a man who had bent down in the street to pick up food. First responders took the man to Elmhurst Hospital, where he died. The official record lists the fatal collision at 3:21 a.m. and describes the pedestrian as a 42-year-old man crossing with the signal at the intersection. News reports citing police put the time closer to 4 a.m., described the driver as traveling north and turning right, and said police were still investigating after the driver left and was later interviewed.
Police described a right-turning dump truck driver
News reports citing police said the man was crossing Withers Street near Woodpoint Road just before 4 a.m. when he crouched or bent down to pick up food. Police said a 49-year-old driver in a Mack dump truck turned right and hit him.
The official crash record places the collision at 3:21 a.m. at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street. It records one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Woodpoint and Withers sits at a neighborhood edge
The official record places the fatal collision at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn's 11211 ZIP code. News accounts described the area in different neighborhood terms, including Greenpoint, Williamsburg and East Williamsburg.
Accounts differed on the pedestrian's age
The official person record describes the pedestrian as a 42-year-old man and says he was crossing with the signal at the intersection. Gothamist reported that police were working to identify a man in his 20s, while the Daily News reported that police were still trying to determine his identity.
The records identify a Mack dump truck
The official vehicle record lists a 2017 Mack dump truck or bus with one occupant and a licensed New York driver. The record says the driver was making a left turn and traveling east, while police accounts in news reports said the driver had been traveling north and made a right turn onto Withers Street.
The driver left, and investigators continued the case
Police said the driver left the scene. The Daily News later reported that investigators located and interviewed him, and that he told police he did not know he had hit someone. No arrests or charges had been announced in the reports, and Gothamist said the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was still investigating.