Driver Hits and Kills Pedestrian on Linden Boulevard
A driver in an eastbound sedan hit and killed 36-year-old Mark Schumaker at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street, where News 12 reported that police had filed no charges.
What We Know
A driver in a sedan hit a 36-year-old man at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street in East New York at about 1:21 p.m. on March 18, 2024, according to the official crash record and police accounts reported by local news. News 12 later identified the pedestrian as Mark Schumaker. Police said the 59-year-old driver stayed at the scene, and News 12 reported that no charges had been filed. The official record lists Schumaker as crossing against the signal, and News 12 reported that DOT said the driver had a green light. amNY reported that the plate on the Chevy sedan had received multiple camera-issued speeding tickets since 2021.
The crash at Linden and Ashford
The official record places the crash at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street in Brooklyn at 1:21 p.m. on March 18, 2024. Police told amNY that a 59-year-old driver traveling east on Linden Boulevard hit a 36-year-old man who was crossing there; the official record lists one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
The man was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and pronounced dead before 2 p.m., according to amNY. News 12 later reported that the NYPD identified him as Mark Schumaker.
A wide East New York boulevard with a severe crash record
amNY described Linden Boulevard east of Kings Highway as a six-lane thoroughfare with access roads and reported that crashes on that stretch had killed 22 people in the previous decade, including 13 pedestrians. At Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street, News 12 reported city data showing 22 injuries in 2023, and DOT said the intersection had seen one fatality and six severe injuries since 2019.
Signal findings and the sedan’s ticket history
The official fatal-person record says Schumaker was crossing against the signal and lists traffic control disregarded and pedestrian error or confusion as contributing factors. News 12 reported that DOT said the 59-year-old driver was proceeding through a green light.
amNY reported that the plate on the driver’s Chevy sedan had received 10 camera-issued speeding tickets since 2021, along with two bus-lane tickets and one red-light ticket. The article did not report that those tickets caused this crash.
No charges reported after the driver stayed
Police said the driver stayed at the scene, and News 12 reported that he was cooperating with investigators. The next day, News 12 reported that police had not filed charges against him.