Driver fatally hit pedestrian on Ocean Parkway
A 56-year-old driver in a Chevrolet Impala hit a 45-year-old man lying in a northbound Ocean Parkway lane, and the pedestrian died at a hospital.
What We Know
A driver traveling north on Ocean Parkway hit a 45-year-old pedestrian near Neptune Avenue on the evening of Jan. 4, 2022. Police told reporters the man was lying in a traffic lane and that the 56-year-old driver said he thought the obstruction was a bag of trash or a blanket and tried to avoid it. The pedestrian was taken to Coney Island Hospital and died there. The driver stayed at the scene, and press accounts reported that police did not arrest him or issue a charge or summons.
The driver was going north when the fatal collision happened
The official record says the crash happened at 7:21 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2022, at Ocean Parkway and Neptune Avenue in Brooklyn. It recorded one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Police told reporters the 45-year-old man was lying in a northbound lane when a 56-year-old driver in a 2013 Chevrolet Impala hit him. The driver told police he mistook the man for a bag of trash or a blanket and tried to avoid him.
Medics took the pedestrian to Coney Island Hospital
Responding officers found the pedestrian unconscious and unresponsive, according to the New York Post. Medics took him to Coney Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Daily News reported that the driver was not charged or issued a summons, while the New York Post reported that the driver stayed at the scene and was not arrested.
Ocean Parkway has remained a high-crash corridor
The official record places the crash at Ocean Parkway and Neptune Avenue in Brooklyn's 11235 ZIP code. News reports described the nearby neighborhood differently, with the Daily News placing the area in Coney Island and the New York Post placing it in Brighton Beach.
CrashCountNYC location data for Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn counts 1,741 crashes, 1,281 injuries, 62 serious injuries and 7 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.