Driver in Custody After Motorcyclist Killed in Clinton Hill Crash
A 33-year-old man driving a Vespa motorcycle was killed June 1, 2022, in a crash with a female driver in a Toyota SUV at Classon Avenue and Clifton Place in Clinton Hill, where News 12 reported police had a driver in custody.
What We Know
The crash happened at 1:12 p.m. at Classon Avenue and Clifton Place in Brooklyn. The official record lists one fatality: a 33-year-old male motorcycle driver, the only person on a 2019 Vespa. The other vehicle was a 2012 Toyota SUV with two occupants, driven by a female driver who was recorded as unlicensed. Both drivers were traveling north, according to the official vehicle records. News 12 reported that emergency crews responded to the intersection and that police said a driver was in custody. The official record lists illegal drugs as a contributing factor and records traffic-control disregarded for the SUV driver.
A fatal crash at a Clinton Hill intersection
At 1:12 p.m. on June 1, 2022, a female driver in a 2012 Toyota SUV and a 33-year-old man driving a 2019 Vespa motorcycle were in a crash at Classon Avenue and Clifton Place in Brooklyn. The motorcycle rider was killed, and the official record lists no other injuries.
News 12 reported that emergency crews responded to the intersection and that police said a driver was in custody.
Classon Avenue’s crash history adds context
The crash happened at Classon Avenue and Clifton Place in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC’s street analysis for Classon Avenue in Brooklyn counted 576 crashes, 298 injuries, 11 serious injuries and 2 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The records use different terms for the two-wheeler
News 12 described the man as driving a moped. The official record classifies the vehicle as a motorcycle and lists it as a 2019 Vespa.