Hit-and-run driver killed 55-year-old at Fulton and Washington
The official record says a 55-year-old pedestrian was killed at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, and police told reporters a hit-and-run driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer left the scene.
What We Know
A 55-year-old pedestrian was killed just after midnight on May 17, 2025, at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. Reporters cited police saying a driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer hit the pedestrian and left the scene; ABC7 reported Pennsylvania plates. The official record and the press accounts disagree on some details: the city record lists the person killed as a 55-year-old female pedestrian and places the pedestrian outside an intersection, while the reviewed articles describe the victim as a 55-year-old man crossing at the intersection or corner. The driver had not been arrested in the initial reports.
A driver left after the pedestrian was hit
The crash was recorded at 12:21 a.m. on May 17, 2025, at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. The official record says one pedestrian, age 55, was killed and no other injuries were recorded.
Police told reporters that a driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer hit the pedestrian as the person crossed near Fulton Street and Washington Avenue, then left the scene. The Daily News reported the driver was heading west on Fulton Street; ABC7 reported the Explorer had Pennsylvania plates.
Sources disagree on how the victim was described
The official crash record lists the person killed as a 55-year-old female pedestrian. The Daily News, ABC7 and News 12 all described the victim as a 55-year-old man, and the Daily News reported that the name had not been released while police sought relatives.
Fulton and Washington, with differing neighborhood labels
The official record places the fatal crash at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, in ZIP code 11238. The reviewed articles used different neighborhood labels for the same intersection area: the Daily News called it Clinton Hill, ABC7 called it Cypress Hills, and News 12 called it Prospect Heights.
The SUV description came from both records and police accounts
The official vehicle record lists a 2017 Ford SUV traveling west and going straight ahead, with right-front and front-end damage recorded. Police accounts in the reviewed articles described the vehicle as a burgundy Ford Explorer.
The crossing account is not identical across sources
The official record says the pedestrian was crossing with no signal or crosswalk and was not at an intersection, and it lists pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor. The reviewed articles, citing police, described the pedestrian as crossing at the corner or intersection of Fulton Street and Washington Avenue.
Police were still looking for the driver
The pedestrian was taken to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where reporters said the person was pronounced dead. Initial reports said no arrest had been made, and News 12 said police asked anyone with information to call 1-800-577-TIPS.