Teen Driver Dies in Belt Parkway High-Speed Crash
Mohammed Ayth Alkotait, 16, died after police said he was driving east at high speed on the Belt Parkway near Bay Parkway, clipped a Kia, hit a Hyundai and was ejected early June 18, 2022; the city record lists five injured motorists.
What We Know
At about 2:05 a.m. on June 18, 2022, Mohammed Ayth Alkotait, a 16-year-old Arizona resident, was driving east on the Belt Parkway near Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst. The city record lists unsafe speed, one motorist killed and five motorists injured. Police told the Daily News that witnesses saw Alkotait traveling at a high rate of speed when he clipped a Kia, then hit a Hyundai, and the sequence left him ejected near the Shore Parkway service road. Four passengers in the Honda were taken to NYU Langone-Brooklyn with minor injuries, and police sources said investigators did not believe Alkotait had been wearing a seatbelt.
Police described a high-speed sequence on the eastbound Belt Parkway
The city record places the crash at about 2:05 a.m. on June 18, 2022, on the Belt Parkway and lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. It records one motorist killed and five motorists injured.
Police told the Daily News that witnesses said Mohammed Ayth Alkotait was driving east at a high rate of speed when he clipped a Kia and then hit a Hyundai. The Daily News reported that Alkotait was ejected and that the Honda ended up on the Shore Parkway service road.
A 16-year-old driver died, and others were hurt
The Daily News identified the driver who died as Mohammed Ayth Alkotait, a 16-year-old Arizona resident. The city record also lists the person killed as a 16-year-old male driver.
EMS took Alkotait to NYU Langone-Brooklyn, where he could not be saved, the Daily News reported. The city record counts five injured motorists; the article reported that four passengers in the Honda were taken to the same hospital with minor injuries and that the Kia and Hyundai drivers were not seriously injured.
Source descriptions identify a Honda, a Kia and a Hyundai
The Daily News described Alkotait as driving a Honda Odyssey minivan. The city record classifies the Honda as a 2020 station wagon or sport utility vehicle traveling east with five occupants and records that its driver was changing lanes before the crash.
The city record also lists a 2021 Kia traveling east with one occupant and a 2016 Hyundai traveling east with one occupant. The Daily News reported that police said Alkotait clipped the Kia before hitting the Hyundai.
Speed and lane-changing are the documented factors
The city record lists unsafe speed for the crash and records unsafe speed and unsafe lane changing for the Honda. The Daily News reported that witnesses told police Alkotait was traveling at a high rate of speed before the impacts.
Police sources told the Daily News that investigators did not believe Alkotait had been wearing a seatbelt. Police were still investigating the crash when the article was published.
The crash happened near Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst
The city record places the crash on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. The Daily News reported that it happened on the eastbound side near Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, and that the sequence carried onto the Shore Parkway service road.