A driver fatally hit a pedestrian on Eastern Parkway.
A driver fatally hit Walter González, 56, near Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn at 6:29 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2022; police told El Diario NY the driver remained at the scene.
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What We Know
A driver hit Walter González near a painted median, where El Diario NY reported he was asking drivers for money. The outlet said González died at the scene; police told it the driver stayed and faced no immediate charges. The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and records driver inattention or distraction in the vehicle entry.
The crash happened at 6:29 p.m.
The official record places the collision at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue on Oct. 23, 2022, and records one pedestrian killed. It describes the involved vehicle as traveling west and going straight ahead; El Diario NY reported that a driver hit González.
The intersection is in Crown Heights.
The official record places the crash at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn. El Diario NY reported that González was on a painted median near the intersection in Crown Heights, asking drivers for money.
El Diario NY identified the pedestrian as Walter González.
The outlet reported that González was 56 and that his partner arrived minutes after the crash. It also reported that he died at the scene.
Police reported no immediate charges.
Police told El Diario NY that the driver stayed at the scene and faced no immediate charges.