BMW Driver Killed 17-Year-Old on Kings Highway
A 19-year-old BMW driver hit and killed 17-year-old Terah Saucier as he crossed Kings Highway near Avenue K in Flatlands on Feb. 12, 2022; the official record cited unsafe speed.
What We Know
A 19-year-old male driver in a BMW sedan was heading west on Kings Highway in Flatlands around 7 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2022, when police said he hit 17-year-old Terah Saucier near Avenue K. Paramedics found Saucier in the roadway with severe injuries and took him to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The official crash record lists one pedestrian killed and one motorist injured, and cites unsafe speed. Police told amNY the driver stayed at the scene and no arrests had been made as of the article’s publication.
A westbound driver hit a teenager crossing Kings Highway
Police told amNY that Terah Saucier, 17, was crossing the busy road near Avenue K at about 7 p.m. when a 19-year-old male driver in a BMW sedan, heading west, hit him. The official record places the crash on Kings Highway at 7:01 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2022.
Terah Saucier died after being taken to the hospital
Paramedics found Saucier lying in the roadway with severe injuries and took him to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. amNY reported that he was less than a block from home when he was hit.
The accounts place the crash on Kings Highway near Avenue K
amNY, citing police, reported that the driver hit Saucier at Kings Highway and Avenue K in Flatlands. The official record lists Kings Highway and describes the pedestrian location as not at an intersection, creating a difference between the official pedestrian-location field and the press account of the scene.
amNY described the location as a busy, complex southern Brooklyn junction where traffic also crosses from Troy Avenue. The article reported that city transportation officials had added painted pedestrian medians with plastic posts in recent years to shorten the long Kings Highway crossing and calm traffic.
The BMW driver stayed at the scene
The official record identifies the involved vehicle as a 2012 BMW sedan, with the driver heading west and passing before the crash. The record lists damage to the left front bumper, left front quarter panel, and center front end. amNY reported that photos from the scene showed the front windshield smashed on the driver’s side.
Police told amNY that the driver stayed at the scene, and that no arrests had been made as of Feb. 13, 2022.