Truck driver fled after pedestrian was killed in Windsor Terrace
Police said a tractor-trailer driver hit a 47-year-old pedestrian at Caton and Coney Island avenues on Nov. 9, 2022, and fled before a 24-year-old Kia driver hit the man; the official record lists one pedestrian killed.
What We Know
A 47-year-old man walking near Caton Avenue and Coney Island Avenue was killed on Nov. 9, 2022. Police accounts in the articles describe a tractor-trailer driver traveling north on Coney Island Avenue and the man becoming trapped beneath the tractor-trailer before he came loose near Caton Avenue. The official record places the fatal crash at Caton Avenue and Coney Island Avenue and lists a diesel tractor truck and a Kia sedan, both recorded as making right turns and traveling west. The Post reported the driver turned west on Caton Avenue; amNY reported the man was struck at an earlier location and came loose as the driver turned right on Coney Island Avenue. Both articles say the truck driver left and the 24-year-old Kia driver stayed. The city record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.
Police described two impacts and a driver who left
Police told the Post that a tractor-trailer driver was heading north on Coney Island Avenue at about 9:15 p.m. when the driver hit the pedestrian, who became trapped underneath. The article said the man came loose as the driver turned west on Caton Avenue, and a 24-year-old Kia Forte driver then hit him.
amNY also reported that the man was trapped beneath the tractor-trailer and later hit by a Kia driver, but described the first impact as happening at an earlier location and said the man came loose as the driver turned right on Coney Island Avenue. Both articles reported that the truck driver left the scene and the Kia driver remained.
The official crash record lists one pedestrian killed at Caton Avenue and Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn at 9:13 p.m.
The pedestrian died at the scene
The city record identifies the person killed as a 47-year-old male pedestrian. The articles reported that responding officials pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Post reported that police said it was unclear whether the tractor-trailer driver was aware of hitting the pedestrian. amNY reported midday the next day that police were still searching for the truck driver. The Kia driver remained at the scene and was not facing charges at that time, according to amNY.
The official record lists a diesel tractor truck and a sedan
The official vehicle entries describe a 2006 Volvo truck/bus diesel tractor truck and a 2022 Kia sedan. The record lists both drivers as licensed in New York and records both entries as making right turns.
The Post reported that initial reports described the tractor-trailer as a FedEx truck, but authorities could not confirm that the next morning.
Coney Island Avenue was already a known danger corridor
The crash was recorded at Caton Avenue and Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, just outside Prospect Park, according to the official record and the Post.
CrashCountNYC location context identifies Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn as a corridor with 1,145 crashes, 745 injuries, 60 serious injuries and 5 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
amNY reported that the fatal crash happened at the same crossroads where Mayor Eric Adams and Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez had announced a plan to improve dangerous intersections, and that no improvements had been made there that year.
The city record cites driver inattention or distraction
The official crash record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. The press accounts focused on the truck driver leaving the scene and the Kia driver staying after the second impact.