Driver Kills Pedestrian on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn
A 23-year-old man driving a Mercedes-Benz hit a 60-year-old pedestrian just before 4 a.m. near Flatbush Avenue and Hendrickson Place, where the official record logged one pedestrian death and one motorist injury.
What We Know
A 60-year-old man was killed before 4 a.m. on Nov. 16, 2024, near Flatbush Avenue and Hendrickson Place in Brooklyn. News 12 reported that police said a 23-year-old man driving a Mercedes-Benz hit the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The official crash record lists one pedestrian killed and one motorist injured, with a southbound station wagon/SUV going straight ahead and a parked wood chipper among the vehicles recorded.
Police said a driver hit a man before dawn
The crash was recorded at 3:46 a.m. on Nov. 16, 2024, on Flatbush Avenue at Hendrickson Place in Brooklyn. News 12 reported that police said a 23-year-old man driving a Mercedes-Benz hit a 60-year-old pedestrian just before 4 a.m.
The official record lists the victim as a 60-year-old male pedestrian and records one pedestrian death and one injured motorist.
A deadly crash on a high-injury Flatbush Avenue corridor
The official record places the crash on Flatbush Avenue at Hendrickson Place in Brooklyn. News 12 described the location as along Belt Parkway and Flatbush Avenue.
CrashCountNYC location context identifies Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn as a corridor with 2,981 crashes, 1,956 injuries, 125 serious injuries and 10 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The pedestrian died at the scene
News 12 reported that authorities said the 60-year-old pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver was hospitalized in stable condition.