Driver Charged After East Flatbush Pedestrian Is Killed
Police said Winston Reid was driving east on Church Avenue when he hit and killed 36-year-old Fausto Diaz at East 55th Street; Reid was charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI.
What We Know
Police and city records place the crash on July 17, 2025, at Church Avenue and East 55th Street in East Flatbush. Police said Winston Reid was driving east on Church Avenue when he hit Fausto Diaz, who was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and died. The city record lists one pedestrian killed and cites alcohol involvement. Police said Reid stayed at the scene and was charged with vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired. News 12 reported that Diaz was a father whose family said he was heading home from work and supporting two daughters in Mexico.
What happened on Church Avenue
The official crash record places the collision at 1:18 p.m. on July 17, 2025, at Church Avenue and East 55th Street in Brooklyn. Police told reporters that Winston Reid was driving east on Church Avenue when he hit a man in the crosswalk.
EMS took the pedestrian to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died. News 12 identified him as Fausto Diaz, and the city record lists the pedestrian killed as a 36-year-old man.
Alcohol cited and charges filed
The city crash record lists alcohol involvement as a contributing factor. Police said Reid stayed at the scene and was taken into custody after the crash.
Police said Reid faced charges including vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired. The official pedestrian record says the pedestrian was crossing against the signal and lists pedestrian error or confusion.
Reports differ on the vehicle description
News reports described Reid as driving a Ford van, and the Daily News specified a Ford E350. The city crash record instead lists a 2011 Ford station wagon or sport utility vehicle traveling east before the crash.
Diaz’s family described a father heading home
News 12 reported that Diaz’s twin brother, Jose Diaz, said Fausto had come to the United States to support his two daughters in Mexico and was on his way home from work when he was killed.
Jose Diaz called his brother’s death a great loss and said the family wanted justice. A memorial for Diaz grew at the intersection after the crash.
A deadly crash on a high-injury Brooklyn corridor
The crash happened at Church Avenue and East 55th Street in East Flatbush. CrashCountNYC’s location context for Church Avenue in Brooklyn counted 1,363 crashes, 953 injuries, 41 serious injuries and 4 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Those totals make the intersection part of a corridor where traffic violence has repeatedly injured and killed people in recent years.