A driver was sentenced after a red-light crash killed a Gravesend pedestrian.
According to prosecutors, Isidro Rodriguez drove north on West 1st Street through a red light and collided with an eastbound ride-share vehicle at Avenue P; the official record places the crash at that intersection at 10:18 a.m. on May 30, 2022, and counts one pedestrian killed and three motorists injured.
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What We Know
Prosecutors said Isidro Rodriguez drove north on West 1st Street through a red light and collided with an eastbound ride-share vehicle on Avenue P. The impact sent the Cadillac toward Yang, who was crossing the street and was pinned between it and another vehicle. Prosecutors said Yang was taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Rodriguez later pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to three to six years in prison.
Prosecutors described a red-light crash that sent a driver toward a crossing pedestrian.
The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said Rodriguez drove a 2020 Cadillac Escalade north on West 1st Street through a red light and collided with an eastbound 2016 Hyundai Sonata ride-share vehicle. Prosecutors said the impact sent the Cadillac toward Jun Jin Yang, who was crossing the street and was pinned between the Cadillac and another vehicle.
Prosecutors said data from the Cadillac showed Rodriguez accelerated to 42 mph in a 25 mph zone seconds before the crash and did not brake.
The crash happened at Avenue P and West 1st Street.
The official record places the crash at the Brooklyn intersection at 10:18 a.m. on May 30, 2022. Prosecutors identified the neighborhood as Gravesend and said Rodriguez was traveling north on West 1st Street while the ride-share vehicle was traveling east on Avenue P.
Yang was 65, and three other people were injured.
The official record identifies Jun Jin Yang, 65, as a pedestrian crossing with the signal and counts one pedestrian death. Prosecutors identified Yang as a Manhattan resident and said he was taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The District Attorney's Office said the three injured people were the 32-year-old ride-share driver, a 29-year-old passenger and her 2-year-old daughter. The official record counts three injured motorists.
Official and prosecutorial accounts use different labels for the vehicles.
Prosecutors identified Rodriguez's vehicle as a 2020 Cadillac Escalade; the official record classifies it as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle. The District Attorney's Office identified the eastbound vehicle as a 2016 Hyundai Sonata used for Uber rides, while the official record categorizes it as a taxi.
Rodriguez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison.
Police arrested Rodriguez on July 20, 2022. The Daily News reported that he was charged with criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, failure to obey a traffic device and speeding, and initially pleaded not guilty.
The District Attorney's Office said Rodriguez pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter on November 12, 2024. He was sentenced to three to six years in prison on February 4, 2025.