Dump truck driver kills man on Flatbush
A dump truck driver started forward on Flatbush near Atlantic and hit a 62-year-old man in the street. The truck’s bumper crushed his head. He died there in the afternoon rain while the city kept moving.
What We Know
A 62-year-old man was killed Friday afternoon on Flatbush Avenue near Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. According to the police report, a licensed 39-year-old dump truck driver, starting in traffic, moved forward and hit the pedestrian with the truck’s right front bumper. The man, who was crossing outside an intersection, suffered fatal head crush injuries and died at the scene. The crash involved a large truck in rainy conditions.
A Friday afternoon crash near Barclays Center
The official crash record says a 62-year-old male pedestrian was killed at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn at 3:32 p.m. on March 4, 2022. The record lists the other vehicle as a dump truck.
The Daily News reported that police and a witness said the man was pinned beneath a private trash-hauling truck and declared dead at the scene. A witness told the paper the driver was turning right from Atlantic Avenue into Flatbush Avenue.
Flatbush and Atlantic sits on a heavily crash-burdened corridor
The crash happened at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, near Barclays Center, a location Brooklyn Paper described as a three-way intersection with multiple lanes and heavy traffic concerns raised by residents and Councilmember Lincoln Restler.
CrashCountNYC location context for Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn shows 4,096 crashes, 2,408 injuries, 109 serious injuries and 10 deaths recorded along the corridor since 2022.
The truck was tied to private carting work
The official vehicle record lists a 2016 KW-Truck/Bus dump truck with one licensed male driver. The Daily News reported that the truck was operated by Safeway, a carting company in Little Neck, Queens, and that a person who answered the company phone declined comment.
Records differ on crossing details
The official person record classifies the pedestrian as crossing without a signal or crosswalk and outside an intersection, and lists pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor. Brooklyn Paper reported the day of the crash that police had not yet determined whether the pedestrian was in a crosswalk.
The driver stayed at the scene
Brooklyn Paper reported that the driver remained at the scene and that no arrests had been made. The Daily News reported that police questioned the driver after the fatal crash.