Box truck driver fatally hit pedestrian in Williamsburg
A box truck driver turning left at Flushing and Bedford avenues in Williamsburg hit and killed Benjamin Berger, 63, who the official record says was crossing with the signal, and police arrested driver Torriez Bailey, amNY reported.
What We Know
A 63-year-old man was killed at Flushing Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. According to the police report, a box‑truck driver turned left and hit the pedestrian as he crossed with the signal in the intersection. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way. The man suffered fatal crush injuries to his entire body. The truck was listed as an oversized vehicle.
A left turn at the Williamsburg intersection
The official record lists Berger as a pedestrian at the intersection, crossing with the signal, and records one death and no other injuries.
Flushing and Bedford avenues sit on a high-crash corridor
The crash happened at Flushing Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, near Berger's home, according to amNY; the official record places it in the 11206 ZIP code.
CrashCountNYC's Bedford Avenue corridor context counted 2,327 crashes, 1,544 injuries, 78 serious injuries and 8 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
amNY reported that another senior pedestrian, Meilech Weiss, 62, was killed at the same intersection in 2011 and that Crash Mapper data showed 51 crashes injuring 67 people there since that year.
Berger was crossing with the signal
Benjamin Berger was 63 and was crossing at the intersection when Bailey hit him, police told amNY. The official record identifies Berger as a pedestrian and says he was crossing with the signal.
amNY reported that Berger was hit just down the block from his home.
Failure to yield and due care allegations
The city crash record lists failure to yield the right of way as a contributing factor and says the driver in the box truck was making a left turn before the crash.