An SUV driver fled after a fatal Crown Heights crash.
An SUV driver fled after hitting a 46-year-old woman who had fallen while entering her boyfriend’s Jeep; the city recorded one pedestrian death on Saint Johns Place at 2:07 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2022.
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What We Know
Police accounts reported by amNewYork and the New York Post say a 46-year-old woman fell while entering her boyfriend’s Jeep and a driver in another SUV struck her and fled. The Post called the Jeep a Cherokee and said the boyfriend did not realize she was trying to get in; amNewYork reported that he began driving as she entered. The city recorded one pedestrian death on Saint Johns Place at 2:07 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2022.
Police accounts describe how the woman fell.
AmNewYork, citing police, reported that the 46-year-old woman was getting into the rear passenger seat of her boyfriend’s Jeep when he began driving east on Saint Johns Place near Rochester Avenue. She fell into the road, and a driver in another SUV heading the same way hit her and fled.
The New York Post, also citing police, said she was entering a Jeep Cherokee at St. John’s Place and Rochester Avenue when the boyfriend pulled out, causing her to fall. The Post also reported that police said he did not realize she was trying to get in. Both outlets said a driver in another SUV hit her and fled.
The crash was near Rochester Avenue.
AmNewYork and the New York Post placed the crash at or near the intersection of Saint Johns Place and Rochester Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The city record lists Saint Johns Place and records the crash at 2:07 a.m. on September 25, 2022.
The official record lists one pedestrian killed.
The city record lists a 46-year-old woman pedestrian as the person killed. AmNewYork identified the Jeep driver as 48-year-old Flatbush resident Michel Oddly and described him as her boyfriend.
Reports describe the vehicles in different detail.
AmNewYork described the vehicle the woman was entering as a Jeep and the vehicle whose driver struck her as an SUV. The New York Post specified the Jeep as a Cherokee. The official record classifies both involved vehicles as “Station Wagon/Sport Utility Vehicle.”
Police reported an arrest and continued searching.
AmNewYork reported that paramedics took the woman to Kings County Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. It said police had not released her identity while awaiting family notification.
The outlet reported that Oddly stayed at the scene and was arrested for driving with a suspended license; police were seeking the other SUV driver. News 12’s headline said multiple suspects were wanted in the fatal hit-and-run, but its supplied excerpt did not identify them or describe their roles.