A hit-and-run driver fatally strikes a rider on the Belt Parkway.
A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a 41-year-old rider near Brooklyn's Bay Parkway exit, police told BK Reader; the city recorded the Belt Parkway crash at 3:48 a.m. on August 23, 2022.
Approximate reported location.
What We Know
Police told BK Reader that a 41-year-old man fell while riding east on the Belt Parkway near the Bay Parkway exit, then was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver. The city recorded the crash at 3:48 a.m. on August 23, 2022. The article calls his ride a scooter, while the city record classifies it as a motorcycle. The record lists two eastbound SUVs but does not establish which driver struck him or left the scene.
Police described a fall followed by a fatal impact.
Police told BK Reader that the 41-year-old man fell while riding east on the Belt Parkway before a hit-and-run driver fatally struck him. The city recorded one death and no other injuries in the crash.
The crash happened near a Belt Parkway exit in Brooklyn.
BK Reader placed the fall near the Bay Parkway exit in Bensonhurst. The city record places the fatal crash on the Belt Parkway at 3:48 a.m. on August 23, 2022.
The sources describe the rider's vehicle differently.
BK Reader called the rider's vehicle a scooter, while the city record classifies it as a 2022 Jiajue motorcycle. The record also lists two SUVs traveling east, but it does not identify which driver struck the rider or left the scene.