Dump-Truck Driver Killed Pedestrian at Woodpoint and Withers
A dump-truck driver making a turn hit a 42-year-old man crossing at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street early March 1; police told reporters the 49-year-old driver left and was later interviewed.
What We Know
The crash was recorded at 3:21 a.m. on March 1, 2025, at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn. The official record lists a 42-year-old man, a pedestrian at the intersection, killed while crossing with the signal, and a 2017 Mack dump-truck driver making a left turn. Police accounts reported by Gothamist and the Daily News said a 49-year-old Mack dump-truck driver was traveling north, turned right onto Withers Street and hit the man as he crouched to pick up food. The official record and press accounts differ on the man's age and the driver's turn direction. Police said the driver left the scene; the Daily News later reported that police located and interviewed him and that he said he did not know he had hit someone. No charges or arrests had been announced in the reviewed reports.
A predawn turn at Woodpoint and Withers
The official crash record places the fatal collision at 3:21 a.m. on March 1, 2025, at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street. It records one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
The official vehicle record lists a 2017 Mack dump truck with one occupant, a licensed male driver, traveling east and making a left turn. Press accounts citing police described a 49-year-old Mack dump-truck driver traveling north and turning right onto Withers Street before he hit the man.
The man who died was described differently in early records
The official record identifies the person killed as a 42-year-old male pedestrian at the intersection and says he was crossing with the signal. Early police accounts to reporters described him as a man in his 20s whose identity police were still working to determine.
Gothamist and the Daily News reported that police said the man had crouched in the street to pick up food before the driver turned. First responders took him to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Withers Street has seen repeated crashes
The fatal collision was recorded at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC's location context for Withers Street in Brooklyn shows 57 crashes, 17 injuries, one serious injury and one death from Jan. 1, 2022, to June 1, 2026.
Records point to a signal crossing and a crouching pedestrian
The official person record lists the man as crossing with the signal and separately lists pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor. The reviewed press accounts focused on police statements that he crouched to pick up food before the driver turned.
Police said the driver left and later spoke with investigators
Police told reporters the driver left the scene. The Daily News reported that police later located and interviewed him, and that he said he had been unaware he hit someone. Gothamist and the Daily News reported that no arrests or charges had been announced while the Collision Investigation Squad continued investigating.
Neighbors described the aftermath and the unease that followed. Scott Dolan, who lives nearby, told the Daily News, “When we got up, this whole intersection was blocked off.” News 12 quoted resident Victoria Como saying, “A lot of them go through the light, they don't bother stopping.”