BMW driver hits 99-year-old crossing Oriental
A BMW SUV driver hit a 99-year-old man crossing Oriental Boulevard near Coleridge Street on a Saturday afternoon. The impact killed him in the roadway.
What We Know
A city crash record places the fatal crash at Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street in Brooklyn at about 4:46 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2022. The record lists a 99-year-old man as a pedestrian killed at the intersection and identifies the involved driver as a licensed man in a 2020 BMW SUV traveling west and going straight. Press accounts said the man was crossing in Manhattan Beach when the driver hit him; the New York Post described him as using a motorized mobility scooter, while the Daily News described a motorized wheelchair. Both outlets reported that medics took him to Coney Island Hospital, where he died, and that the driver stayed at the scene without immediate charges reported.
Crossing Oriental Boulevard
The city crash record says the crash happened at 4:46 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2022, at Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street. It records one person killed: a 99-year-old male pedestrian who was crossing at the intersection.
The New York Post reported that police said the man was crossing in a motorized mobility scooter. The Daily News, also citing police, described him as being in a motorized wheelchair. Both accounts said a driver on Oriental Boulevard hit him in Manhattan Beach.
A Manhattan Beach crossing on a corridor with repeated harm
The crash happened at Oriental Boulevard and Coleridge Street in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC location context for Oriental Boulevard in Brooklyn counts 47 crashes, 33 injuries, two serious injuries and one death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
What investigators recorded
The city crash record listed pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor for the man who was killed. The Post reported that police did not say how fast the driver was going, and both articles reported no immediate charges.
Hospital care and the open investigation
Police told reporters that medics took the man to Coney Island Hospital, where he died. The driver stayed at the scene, and the Daily News reported that the crash remained under investigation Saturday night.