A five-year-old boy died months after a Midwood driveway crash.
A 49-year-old woman driving a 2012 BMW sedan hit five-year-old Yaakov Farhi while pulling into a driveway on East 12th Street, the Brooklyn Paper reported; the city record places the crash at 2:54 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2022, and records one pedestrian death.
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At 2:54 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2022, a 49-year-old woman driving a 2012 BMW sedan was pulling into a driveway on East 12th Street when she hit five-year-old Yaakov Farhi, the Brooklyn Paper reported; the city record lists a southbound sedan making a right turn and one pedestrian killed. Community members told the paper that Farhi was sitting in a neighbor's driveway and the driver did not see him. The paper reported that Farhi died months later and that the investigation remained ongoing in May.
A driver was pulling into a driveway.
The Brooklyn Paper reported that a 49-year-old woman driving a 2012 BMW 750 LI sedan hit Yaakov Farhi while pulling into a driveway. Community members told the paper that Farhi was sitting in a neighbor's driveway and the driver did not see him. The city record lists a southbound sedan making a right turn.
The crash happened near Farhi's home.
The city record places the crash on East 12 Street. The Brooklyn Paper reported that officers found Farhi critically injured outside 1442 East 12th Street, a few houses from his home.
Farhi died months later.
The Brooklyn Paper reported that Hatzolah volunteers transported Farhi to Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park and that he died Sunday, nearly four months after the crash. News 12 also reported that police said the boy died Sunday. The Brooklyn Paper said the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was still investigating at the time.