Teen driver dies after three-vehicle Belt Parkway collision
Police said 16-year-old Mohammed Ayth Alkotait was driving a Honda Odyssey that overturned onto a service road near Bay Parkway early June 18, 2022; he died, and the city recorded five injuries.
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What We Know
Mohammed Ayth Alkotait, a 16-year-old from Arizona, died after a collision on the eastbound Belt Parkway near Bay Parkway early June 18, 2022. Witnesses told police there was contact first with a Kia and then a Hyundai before Alkotait's Honda Odyssey overturned onto a service road. Alkotait was thrown from the Honda. Four passengers in it suffered minor injuries, and the Hyundai driver was also injured. The city recorded one death and five injuries. Police were investigating the collision that Saturday.
The collision
Witnesses told police that the eastbound Honda Odyssey made contact with a Kia and then a Hyundai before overturning and coming to rest on the service road. Alkotait was thrown from the Honda.
The city recorded the collision at 2:05 a.m. on June 18, 2022. Its vehicle report records unsafe speed and unsafe lane changing as contributing factors for the Honda.
Near the Bay Parkway exit
The collision happened on the eastbound Belt Parkway near Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst. The Honda came to rest below the highway on the Shore Parkway service road, near Exit 5.
A teenager from Arizona and five injured motorists
Mohammed Ayth Alkotait was 16 and lived in Arizona, according to the Daily News. Four passengers in the Honda suffered minor injuries, and the New York Post reported that the Hyundai driver was also injured. The city recorded five motorists injured and one killed.
Three vehicles in the collision
Police reports identified a Honda Odyssey, a Kia Soul and a Hyundai sedan. The Daily News described the Honda as a minivan, while the city classified it as an SUV.
Hospital reports differ
The Daily News reported that emergency workers took Alkotait to NYU Langone-Brooklyn, where he died. The New York Post instead reported that he was pronounced dead at Lutheran Hospital. Police were investigating the collision on June 18.