Bus Driver Hits, Kills 79-Year-Old Pedestrian in East Flatbush
A bus driver turned left off Flatbush and hit a 79-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal. She died in the street while the oversized bus kept rolling.
What We Know
Around 6:20 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2022, a driver in an MTA bus was making a left turn near Flatbush Avenue and Glenwood Road in East Flatbush when the driver hit a 79-year-old woman. The city crash record says the woman was crossing with the signal and records one pedestrian death. News reports, citing police, said the woman was crossing Glenwood Road mid-block near Flatbush Avenue as the driver turned onto Glenwood Road. Medics took her to Kings County Hospital, where she died. The driver remained at the scene.
A left turn near Flatbush Avenue ended in a fatal pedestrian crash
The crash happened at about 6:19 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2022, near Flatbush Avenue and Glenwood Road in Brooklyn. The city crash record lists one pedestrian killed: a 79-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal.
News reports, citing police, said the driver in an MTA bus was traveling north on Flatbush Avenue and making a left turn onto Glenwood Road when the driver hit the woman. The same reports described her as crossing Glenwood Road mid-block near Flatbush Avenue.
The reported location was at the edge of East Flatbush
The official record places the crash at Flatbush Avenue and Glenwood Road. The Daily News and BKReader described the location as Glenwood Road near Flatbush Avenue in East Flatbush.
The woman died after medics took her to the hospital
Medics took the 79-year-old pedestrian to Kings County Hospital, where she could not be saved, the Daily News reported. Police had not immediately released her name while working to notify her family.
The Daily News reported that the bus driver remained at the scene.