Truck driver kills e-bike rider at Brooklyn intersection
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A truck driver turning from southbound Pennsylvania Avenue onto Linden Boulevard struck e-bike rider Jarrod Little, 43, at 4:25 p.m. on August 30, 2022; the official crash record lists one bicyclist killed at the Brooklyn intersection.
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What We Know
Police accounts reported by amNewYork said the driver turned right as Little rode south on his e-bike. A witness quoted by the Daily News said the driver struck Little in the crosswalk and Little was crushed beneath the truck’s wheels. Both outlets reported that Little died at Brookdale Hospital; amNewYork reported that the driver stayed at the scene and was not arrested.
Reports describe the turn and impact from different perspectives.
Police accounts reported by amNewYork said a driver heading south on Pennsylvania Avenue turned right onto Linden Boulevard as Little rode south on an e-bike. The outlet reported that the driver struck him, throwing him to the ground.
A witness quoted by the Daily News placed the impact in the crosswalk and said Little was crushed beneath the truck’s wheels. The official record lists a tractor truck and an e-bike in the crash.
Little supported local musicians.
Little’s parents told the Daily News that he was their middle child and had lived in their Ocean Hill home since 1990. They said he started a company promoting local hip-hop and R&B artists four years before the crash. His mother, Jenice Little, said he regularly rode his battery-powered bicycle.
The crash happened where two wide corridors meet.
The crash happened at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard in East New York. amNewYork reported that Linden Boulevard is 11 lanes wide and Pennsylvania Avenue is seven lanes wide, and that the city designated both as Vision Zero priority corridors.
amNewYork reported 234 collisions injuring 376 people at the intersection since August 2011, citing Crash Mapper. Transportation Alternatives, quoted by Streetsblog, criticized the street design and said the intersection lacked turn-calming measures, leading pedestrian intervals and bike lanes.
The driver stayed at the scene.
amNewYork reported that police said the driver stayed at the scene and was not arrested. The Daily News reported that he did not immediately face charges. The official crash record lists improper turning and disregarding traffic controls as contributing factors for the truck; those entries are not criminal charges.
The Daily News and amNewYork reported that Little died at Brookdale Hospital.