Hit-and-run driver kills pedestrian on Fulton Street in Brooklyn
A driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer fled after hitting and killing a 55-year-old pedestrian at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn shortly after midnight on May 17, 2025, according to police accounts and the city crash record.
What We Know
The city crash record says a 55-year-old pedestrian was killed at 12:21 a.m. on May 17, 2025, at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, in a crash involving a westbound Ford SUV. Police told reporters that the driver was in a burgundy Ford Explorer, hit the pedestrian as the person crossed, and left the scene. ABC7 reported the Explorer had Pennsylvania plates. EMS took the pedestrian to Brooklyn Methodist, where the person was pronounced dead, according to news reports. The city record identifies the victim as female, while both reviewed news stories described the victim as a man.
A driver left after the fatal collision
The crash happened at 12:21 a.m. at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, where the city record reports one pedestrian killed. Press accounts citing police said a driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer was traveling west on Fulton Street when the driver hit the pedestrian as the person crossed.
Witnesses told police the driver sped off without stopping, the Daily News reported. ABC7 reported that police were searching for the driver, and both news reports said medics took the pedestrian to Brooklyn Methodist, where the person was pronounced dead.
Records disagree on how the victim was described
The city crash record lists the person killed as a 55-year-old female pedestrian. The Daily News and ABC7, both citing police, described the victim as a 55-year-old man; that discrepancy remains in the reviewed record.
The Daily News reported that the victim's name had not been released while police sought family notification.
Police sought a burgundy Ford Explorer
ABC7 said police were searching for the driver of a burgundy Ford Explorer with Pennsylvania plates. The city record lists a 2017 Ford SUV traveling west and going straight ahead before the crash, with damage recorded to the right-front bumper and front end.
Crossing details differ between records and reports
The city record coded the pedestrian as crossing outside an intersection and without a signal or crosswalk, and listed pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor. The news reports, citing police, described the person as crossing at or near the corner of Fulton Street and Washington Avenue.
No arrest was reported that day
The Daily News reported that no arrests had been made after the Brooklyn crash. ABC7 reported the same day that police were searching for the driver.
Where
Fulton St & Washington Ave, Brooklyn