A BMW SUV driver fatally strikes a 99-year-old man in Brooklyn.
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Driver Pytor Yadgarov was identified as the person who struck Jack Mikulincer, a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor headed to Sabbath service, at Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street in Brooklyn; the city records one pedestrian death there at 4:46 p.m. Feb. 5, 2022.
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What We Know
Audacy identified Pytor Yadgarov, 52, as the driver who struck Jack Mikulincer, 99, and reported that Mikulincer was headed to a Sabbath service. Accounts describe Mikulincer's movement differently: amNewYork said he was crossing Oriental Boulevard northbound; the New York Post said he was traveling on Coleridge Street as he tried to cross; and the Daily News said he was wheeling along Coleridge Street at the intersection. The Daily News called his device a motorized wheelchair, the New York Post a motorized mobility scooter, and Audacy an electric wheelchair. Audacy described Mikulincer as a Hungarian native and Holocaust survivor. The city record classifies the vehicle as a station wagon/sport utility vehicle, while the Daily News and amNewYork call it a BMW SUV; Audacy identifies a 2020 BMW X5.
Mikulincer was a Holocaust survivor headed to worship.
Audacy described Jack Mikulincer as a Hungarian native who survived Holocaust-era concentration camps and reported that he was on his way to a Sabbath service when struck. amNewYork reported that he lived in Manhattan Beach less than a block from the intersection.
Reports describe his approach to the intersection differently.
The city crash record places the collision at Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street in Brooklyn at 4:46 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2022, and records one pedestrian killed and no injuries.
amNewYork reported that Mikulincer was crossing Oriental Boulevard northbound. The New York Post said he was traveling on Coleridge Street as he tried to cross, while the Daily News said he was wheeling along Coleridge Street at the intersection as an SUV on Oriental Boulevard struck him. The articles describe his movement differently.
The Daily News described his device as a motorized wheelchair, the New York Post as a motorized mobility scooter, and Audacy as an electric wheelchair.
Reports use different levels of detail for the vehicle.
Audacy identified Yadgarov as the driver of a 2020 BMW X5. The Daily News and amNewYork described it as a BMW SUV. The city record lists a 2020 BMW in the station wagon/sport utility vehicle category and says it was traveling west and going straight ahead.
The reported crossing gap extended along the boulevard.
The crash happened at Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. amNewYork reported there was no crosswalk in the direction it said Mikulincer was traveling and no north-south pedestrian crossings for three blocks in either direction along the two-way boulevard.
The driver remained at the scene as police investigated.
Audacy reported that Yadgarov remained at the scene and had not been charged as of Feb. 8; it also reported that police were unsure how fast he was driving. The Daily News said the NYPD Highway Patrol Collision Investigation Squad investigated the crash.
The New York Post reported that Mikulincer was taken to Coney Island Hospital and pronounced dead there. The Daily News reported that medics rushed him to the hospital, where he could not be saved.