Box truck driver arrested after fatal Williamsburg pedestrian crash.
At 6:34 a.m. on October 4, 2022, box truck driver Torriez Bailey turned left from Flushing Avenue onto Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn and struck and killed Benjamin Berger, 63, as he crossed the intersection, according to police and the official crash record.
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What We Know
Police told amNewYork that Bailey was driving east on Flushing Avenue and turned left onto Bedford Avenue, striking Berger. The official record says Berger was crossing with the signal and lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. An NYPD spokesperson told amNewYork that Bailey was arrested for failing to yield and failing to use due care.
The driver turned across the crossing.
Police told amNewYork that Torriez Bailey, 44, of Maryland, was driving east on Flushing Avenue and turned left onto Bedford Avenue, striking Benjamin Berger, 63. The official record identifies the vehicle as a box truck and records Berger as crossing with the signal.
The intersection was close to Berger's home.
The crash happened at Bedford and Flushing avenues in Williamsburg, just down the block from Berger's home, amNewYork reported. Citing Crash Mapper data, the outlet said 51 crashes had injured 67 people at the intersection since 2011. It also reported that a driver in a Mitsubishi sedan struck and killed 62-year-old Meilech Weiss there in 2011.
Police arrested the driver.
An NYPD spokesperson told amNewYork that police arrested Bailey for failing to yield and failing to use due care. The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor.