Driver Sentenced in Bushwick Crash That Killed Passenger
Christopher Seabrook sped south on Irving Avenue, hit a Toyota carrying Hayden Wallace at Stockholm Street and fled, prosecutors said; the official record counted one person killed and three injured.
What We Know
The official record places the crash at Irving Avenue and Stockholm Street in Bushwick at 12:46 a.m. on Jan. 8, 2024, with one person killed and three injured. Prosecutors said Christopher Seabrook was driving a Kia Sportage south on Irving Avenue at a high rate of speed when he hit a Toyota Yaris passing through the intersection on Stockholm Street. The impact sent the Toyota into multiple parked vehicles. Hayden Wallace, 29, was riding in the right rear passenger seat and died; the three other people in the Toyota were injured. Police said the Kia’s occupants left on foot, and prosecutors said Seabrook fled before emergency responders arrived. Seabrook was arrested in February 2025 and later sentenced to up to six years after pleading guilty to manslaughter, assault and leaving the scene.
A late-night impact sent a Toyota into parked cars
The official record lists a 12:46 a.m. crash on Jan. 8, 2024, at Irving Avenue and Stockholm Street, involving a Kia SUV, a Toyota sedan and three parked vehicles.
Prosecutors later said Christopher Seabrook was driving a Kia Sportage south on Irving Avenue at a high rate of speed when he hit a Toyota Yaris traveling through the Stockholm Street intersection. The impact spun the Toyota into multiple parked vehicles, prosecutors said.
Police initially said people in the Kia left on foot after the crash. Prosecutors later said Seabrook exited the Kia and fled before police and emergency responders arrived.
Hayden Wallace was riding in the rear seat
Hayden Wallace, 29, was riding in the right rear passenger seat of the Toyota and died after the crash. The official record identifies the person killed as a 29-year-old male passenger.
Wallace had recently moved to Brooklyn from Texas, the Daily News reported. His aunt, Kippy Perkins, said, “He was only 29 years old and lit up every room he entered. He was loved by so many.”
Early police accounts reported that a front passenger was in critical condition, another rear-seat passenger was stable and the Toyota driver had non-life-threatening injuries. Prosecutors later said the three surviving occupants suffered serious injuries, including fractures, internal injuries and organ damage.
A hit-and-run case led to a prison sentence
Seabrook was arrested in February 2025 after an investigation, prosecutors said. In 2026, he was sentenced to up to six years after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said, “This defendant caused a catastrophic crash that killed a man and seriously injured three others, then fled the scene instead of helping the victims he left behind.”
Police also arrested the Toyota driver, Jorge Sanchezde Lozada Haiek, after the crash and charged him with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
Irving Avenue had a long record of crashes
The crash happened at Irving Avenue and Stockholm Street in Bushwick.
CrashCountNYC’s street context for Irving Avenue in Brooklyn records 512 crashes, 211 injuries, six serious injuries and one death from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.