SUV Driver Fatally Hits Woman After Jeep Driver Pulls Away.
A second SUV driver fatally hit a 46-year-old woman in Crown Heights around 2:07 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2022, after police said she fell when Michel Oddly began driving his Jeep as she tried to get in.
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What We Know
Around 2:07 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2022, Michel Oddly began driving east on St. Johns Place near Rochester Avenue as his girlfriend tried to enter the rear passenger seat of his Jeep, police told reporters. She fell into the roadway, where another eastbound SUV driver hit her and left, police said. Paramedics took her to Kings County Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Oddly stayed at the scene. The official crash record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor for both drivers.
Police described how the woman fell into the roadway.
The 46-year-old woman was trying to enter the rear passenger seat of her boyfriend Michel Oddly's Jeep when he began driving, police told reporters. She fell onto St. Johns Place, where a second SUV driver traveling east hit her and left the scene. The New York Post reported that police said Oddly had not realized she was trying to get in.
Paramedics took the woman to Kings County Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The crash happened in Crown Heights.
The woman fell on St. Johns Place near Rochester Avenue in Brooklyn. Both drivers were traveling east on St. Johns Place, placing the second driver's approach on the same street.
The record identifies two eastbound SUVs.
The official crash record identifies a 2019 Jeep SUV and a second, 2017 SUV. It lists one occupant in each vehicle and both drivers traveling east.
The record cites driver inattention.
The official crash record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor for each SUV driver. Police accounts describe Oddly beginning to drive as the woman tried to enter his Jeep, followed by the second driver hitting her after she fell.
One driver stayed while police sought the other.
Oddly stayed at the scene, while police were seeking the second SUV driver when the reports appeared. amNY reported that police arrested Oddly for driving with a suspended license; the official vehicle record describes the Jeep driver as unlicensed instead.