Scooter Rider Killed Beside Turning Sanitation Truck in Brooklyn
A 55-year-old scooter rider was killed on Jan. 25, 2022, at Rockaway and Ditmas avenues in Brooklyn after police said he tried to get around a sanitation truck on the passenger side while its driver turned right.
What We Know
A 55-year-old scooter rider was killed at Rockaway Avenue and Ditmas Avenue in Brooklyn on the evening of Jan. 25, 2022. The city crash record lists a garbage or refuse truck and a motorscooter, and records driver inexperience as a contributing factor. amNY, citing police, reported that the sanitation driver was turning right from Ditmas Avenue onto southbound Rockaway Avenue when the scooter rider, also eastbound on Ditmas Avenue, tried to get around on the passenger side. The rider was taken to Brookdale Hospital and pronounced dead. The official vehicle table lists the truck driver’s travel direction as south, while the article describes the driver’s approach as eastbound before the turn.
Police described a right-turn collision
The official record places the crash at Rockaway Avenue and Ditmas Avenue at 7:52 p.m. on Jan. 25, 2022, and records one motorist killed.
amNY, citing police, reported that the sanitation driver was turning right onto southbound Rockaway Avenue as the scooter rider tried to get around the truck on the passenger side. The rider and driver were then involved in a collision.
The crash happened on a corridor with repeated harm
The fatal collision occurred at Rockaway Avenue and Ditmas Avenue in Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC’s location context for Ditmas Avenue in Brooklyn counts 603 crashes, 409 injuries, 16 serious injuries and 5 deaths since 2022.
A 55-year-old rider died at the hospital
The official record identifies the person killed as a 55-year-old male scooter rider. Police told amNY that emergency responders took him to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
amNY reported that the sanitation driver was not injured and remained at the scene.
Records list a refuse truck and a motorscooter
The official vehicle record lists a 2018 Mack garbage or refuse truck and a 2021 Jiajue motorscooter.
The official record lists both operators as making right turns. amNY’s police account says the sanitation driver was heading east on Ditmas Avenue before turning right, while the official vehicle table lists the truck driver’s travel direction as south.
Police said the investigation was continuing
amNY reported the next day that the investigation was ongoing.