Jeep driver fatally hits Deshui Wang near his Brooklyn home
A 53-year-old Jeep driver fatally hit Deshui Wang, 70, near Fourth Avenue and 65th Street in Brooklyn on June 1, 2022, two blocks from Wang's home.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
On June 1, 2022, a 53-year-old man driving a Jeep west on 65th Street hit Deshui Wang, 70, as Wang crossed near Fourth Avenue. Wang lived two blocks away. Police issued the driver summonses for failing to yield to a pedestrian and failing to obey a traffic control device. Streetsblog questioned the second summons, reporting that there was no traffic control device at the intersection. Reports also disagree about where Wang died: amNY says he was pronounced dead at NYU Langone Hospital, while Streetsblog says he died at the scene.
A driver hit Wang as he crossed 65th Street.
At about 7:11 p.m. on June 1, 2022, a 53-year-old man driving a Jeep west on 65th Street hit Deshui Wang as Wang crossed near Fourth Avenue. Police said Wang was struck by the front of the Jeep and thrown to the pavement.
The city recorded one pedestrian death and no other injuries. amNY reported that paramedics took Wang to NYU Langone Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Streetsblog, also citing police, reported that he died at the scene.
The city record lists a 2008 Jeep categorized as an SUV. Streetsblog identified it as a Jeep Liberty SUV, while amNY described it as a Jeep truck.
The intersection borders Bay Ridge and Sunset Park.
Fourth Avenue and 65th Street meet near the elevated Gowanus Expressway at the border of Bay Ridge and Sunset Park. Streetsblog reported that westbound 65th Street begins at Fourth Avenue and that the 68th Precinct stationhouse is on the same block.
Wang lived two blocks away.
Deshui Wang was 70 and lived on 63rd Street, about two blocks from where the driver hit him.
The crash record and summonses describe different concerns.
The city crash record cites unsafe speed for the collision and records driver inattention or distraction for the Jeep driver. Police issued the driver summonses for failing to yield to a pedestrian and failing to obey a traffic control device. Streetsblog questioned the second summons, reporting that there was no traffic control device at the intersection.
Police did not arrest the driver at the scene.
An NYPD spokesperson told amNY that police did not arrest the driver at the scene and that he faced no charges beyond the two summonses at the time of the report.