Two drivers fled after a fatal Brooklyn pedestrian crash.
The Big O
Two drivers fled after striking 61-year-old Omar Stewart, police said; the city crash record lists one pedestrian killed in a crash at Washington Avenue and Dean Street in Brooklyn at 2:14 a.m. on July 10, 2022.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police said two drivers hit 61-year-old Omar Stewart and fled. The city record lists one pedestrian killed in a crash at Washington Avenue and Dean Street in Brooklyn at 2:14 a.m. on July 10, 2022. Accounts differed about Stewart's movements before the first impact: initial reports said he was crossing the avenue, while the Daily News said he was trying to enter a cab. A later Daily News report, citing police and surveillance video, said he was stepping into a cab and was thrown into the path of the second driver. The record identifies the southbound vehicle as a sedan, while the Daily News later described it as a black four-door SUV and the northbound vehicle as a white Toyota RAV4. Stewart was a father of three and a tour bus driver, and his fiancée said they had spoken on FaceTime shortly before.
Reported vehicle makes
- Toyota — accepted press report
Make information is incomplete for the vehicles involved in this crash.
Reports differ on Stewart's movements before the impacts.
The New York Post reported, citing police, that a northbound driver struck the pedestrian as he crossed Washington Avenue; a southbound driver then struck him while he lay in the street. Both drivers fled.
An initial Daily News report said Omar Stewart was trying to enter a cab when a northbound SUV driver struck him; after Stewart fell, a second driver ran over him. In an August follow-up, the Daily News, citing police and surveillance video, said a white Toyota RAV4 driver struck Stewart as he stepped into a cab and threw him into the path of a black four-door SUV driver, who also struck him and left.
The August report said it was unclear whether the second driver knew someone had been struck.
His fiancée remembered his generosity.
Stewart was a father of three and worked as a tour bus driver, the Daily News reported. His fiancée, Kecia Edey, said he was headed home to Bedford-Stuyvesant from a block party and waiting for a cab outside a car service office. Edey said they had spoken on FaceTime moments before the crash.
“He was a good guy. He would help anybody. He wouldn’t have left nobody in the street,” Edey told the Daily News.
Reports describe different vehicle types.
The official record identifies the southbound vehicle as a sedan. The Daily News later described that vehicle as a black four-door SUV and the northbound vehicle as a white Toyota RAV4. The New York Post initially reported that police had no vehicle descriptions available.
Police later released surveillance footage.
CBS reported on July 10 that no arrests had been made. On August 9, the Daily News reported that police released surveillance footage and asked the public to help identify and locate the drivers.
Where
WASHINGTON AVENUE and DEAN STREET