A driver turning into a Brooklyn driveway fatally injures a 9-year-old boy.
A woman driving south on East 12th Street turned left into a driveway and hit 9-year-old Young An Li on the sidewalk; he later died at a hospital after the Sept. 16, 2022, crash, which the official record places at 2:34 p.m.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police accounts said a woman driving south on East 12th Street turned left into a driveway and hit Young An Li, 9, on the sidewalk. He was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition and later died there after medical complications, according to police accounts. Reports differ on the driver's age: ABC7 reported 31, while the Daily News and Streetsblog reported 35. The Daily News reported that the driver stayed at the scene and faced no immediate charges.
The driver turned into a driveway.
Police told the Daily News that a woman driving south on East 12th Street hit Young on the sidewalk as she turned left into a driveway. ABC7 also reported that the driver struck a child on the sidewalk during the turn; the official record lists the vehicle as southbound and making a left turn.
The child was 9 years old.
The official record lists a 9-year-old male pedestrian among the people killed. The Daily News identified him as Young An Li. Streetsblog said the child's name and gender had been withheld, though its account later used a female pronoun.
Reports give different ages for the driver.
ABC7 reported that the driver was 31, while the Daily News and Streetsblog reported that she was 35.
Reports describe the vehicle differently.
ABC7 described a black 2020 Nissan Murano as a car, while the Daily News called it an SUV. The official record categorizes the 2020 vehicle as a station wagon/sport utility vehicle.
The crash happened on East 12th Street.
The official record places the crash at 2267 East 12th Street in Brooklyn. The Daily News described the sidewalk location as East 12th Street and Sheepshead Bay Road, less than half a mile from Young's home.
Young died after being taken to a hospital.
Medics took Young to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition. ABC7 and the Daily News reported that he developed medical complications from the collision and died at the hospital.
The Daily News reported that the driver stayed at the scene and faced no immediate charges. Neighbors told the newspaper she was a nurse turning into her home's driveway. Streetsblog reported that she had not been charged and that the investigation was continuing; ABC7 reported an NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad investigation.