Rider Killed in Avenue P Crash With Teen Driver in BMW
A 42-year-old Brooklyn rider identified by News12 as Rino El-Saieh died after police said he tried to turn left at Avenue P and East 2nd Street and he and a 17-year-old driving a BMW were involved in a June 12 crash.
What We Know
The crash happened at about 7:48 p.m. on June 12, 2025, at Avenue P and East 2nd Street in Brooklyn. The city crash record lists one motorist killed and records a motorcycle, a sedan, and two parked vehicles in the crash. News12, citing police, reported that Rino El-Saieh, 42, of Brooklyn, was riding a scooter and trying to turn left when he and a 17-year-old driving a BMW in the opposite direction were involved in the crash. Police told News12 the driver stayed at the scene, no charges had been filed, and the case remained under investigation.
A left turn before the fatal impact
The city crash record places the crash at 7:48 p.m. on June 12, 2025, at Avenue P and East 2nd Street, and lists one motorist killed with no other injuries recorded.
News12 reported that police said Rino El-Saieh was trying to make a left turn while riding a scooter when he and a 17-year-old driving a BMW in the opposite direction were involved in the crash.
The rider was taken to Maimonides
News12, citing police, identified the rider as Rino El-Saieh, 42, of Brooklyn. Police told the station he was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition and later died from his injuries.
The city crash record lists the person killed as a 42-year-old male motorcycle driver.
Records and police accounts describe the vehicles differently
The city crash record lists a 2023 Taizhou motorcycle making a left turn, a 2022 BMW sedan going straight ahead, and two parked vehicles: a 2025 Hyundai sedan and a 2018 Ford pickup truck.
News12 described El-Saieh as riding a scooter and reported that police said the other driver was in a BMW.
Investigators listed traffic-control disregard
Police crash data recorded traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor. News12 reported that the 17-year-old driver stayed at the scene, no charges had been filed at the time of its report, and the crash remained under investigation.
Avenue P has seen repeated serious crashes
The crash happened at Avenue P and East 2nd Street in Brooklyn. Along Avenue P in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC Crash Finder counts 631 crashes, 465 injuries, 34 serious injuries and 5 deaths since 2022.