Driver Hit 5-Year-Old in Midwood Driveway; Boy Later Died
A 49-year-old driver hit 5-year-old Yaakov Farhi in a Midwood driveway area, and he died months later from his injuries.
What We Know
On Feb. 9, 2022, a driver in a 2012 BMW sedan was making a right turn on East 12th Street in Midwood when the crash injured 5-year-old pedestrian Yaakov Farhi. The official record lists one pedestrian killed and no other injuries. Brooklyn Paper reported that officers found Farhi in critical condition in front of 1442 E. 12th Street shortly before 3 p.m.; he died in late May after nearly four months in the hospital. The article said the 49-year-old driver remained at the scene, Hatzolah took the child to Maimonides Medical Center, and NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad continued investigating.
A child was critically injured near a Midwood driveway
The crash happened shortly before 3 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2022, on East 12th Street. The official record says a driver in a sedan was making a right turn, and the right front bumper was the point of impact.
Brooklyn Paper reported that officers from the 70th Precinct found 5-year-old Yaakov Farhi in critical condition in front of 1442 E. 12th Street after a 49-year-old woman driving a 2012 BMW 750 LI sedan with Florida plates hit him.
Yaakov Farhi died after nearly four months
The official record identifies the person killed as a 5-year-old male pedestrian. Brooklyn Paper named him as Yaakov Farhi and reported that he lived a few houses from the crash scene.
Brooklyn Paper reported that Farhi died on a Sunday in late May after suffering injuries in the February crash.
Accounts focused on the driveway movement
Community members told Brooklyn Paper that Farhi was sitting in a neighbor’s driveway and that the driver did not see him while pulling in. The official record describes the pedestrian as not in the roadway and not at an intersection.
The driver stayed, and investigators continued the case
Brooklyn Paper reported that the driver remained at the scene. Hatzolah volunteers transported Farhi to Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park, and NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad continued investigating.
Where
East 12th St