Two SUV Drivers Flee After Fatally Hitting Man in Brownsville
A man was killed at 4:03 a.m. Saturday at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue, where police said two light-colored SUV drivers hit him and left the scene.
What We Know
A man was killed before dawn at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville. The official crash record places the crash at 4:03 a.m. and records two westbound SUV drivers going straight before impact. Police later told reporters the man was in the westbound lanes when a driver in a light-colored SUV hit him, and that a second light-colored SUV driver hit him as he lay in the roadway. Both drivers left the scene. Medics took him to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died. Police had not identified him or announced arrests in the reviewed reports.
Police described a double hit-and-run before dawn
The official record places the fatal crash at 4:03 a.m. on March 7, 2026, at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue in Brooklyn. It records one pedestrian killed and two SUV drivers traveling west, both going straight ahead.
Police told the Daily News that the man was standing in the westbound lanes when a driver in a light-colored SUV, traveling west with a green light, hit him at about 4:05 a.m. A second driver in a light-colored SUV, also traveling west on Linden Boulevard, hit him as he lay in the roadway, police said. Neither driver remained at the scene.
Medics took him to Brookdale, and police searched for evidence
First responders took the man to Brookdale University Hospital, but he died there, according to the Daily News. Police were searching the area for surveillance footage and, in the reviewed reports, had not announced arrests.
The Daily News reported that the man had no identification with him and that police were still working to determine his identity. A friend told the paper he panhandled in the area and described him as "a people's person" and "down to earth."
The official record lists driver inattention for both SUV drivers
City crash data lists driver inattention or distraction for both SUV drivers. The pedestrian record also lists traffic control disregarded. Police told reporters the first driver had a green light.
Linden Boulevard has a long record of severe crashes
The crash happened at Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville. CrashCountNYC location context identifies Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn as a corridor with 2,223 crashes, 1,585 injuries, 64 serious injuries and 8 deaths since 2022.
News outlets also noted another fatal hit-and-run nearby two days earlier, involving 4-year-old Zachariah Padilla. Reports differed on distance, describing that crash as about four blocks or five blocks away.