Motorcyclist Dies After Ocean Parkway Collision at Avenue N
A city record says a 49-year-old motorcycle driver was killed in a Dec. 28, 2022 collision at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn; Brooklyn Paper, citing police, identified him as Fred Wearing and reported that he died Feb. 9 at Maimonides Medical Center.
What We Know
Fred Wearing was riding a motorcycle in the Ocean Parkway and Avenue N collision on Dec. 28, 2022. A city crash record lists one person killed: a 49-year-old male motorcycle driver. Brooklyn Paper, citing police, identified him as Wearing and reported that he was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition and died there on Feb. 9. The sources diverge on the movements before impact: the city record lists the SUV driver going east and making a left turn while the motorcycle driver went north straight ahead; Brooklyn Paper reported that Wearing was riding southbound and turning left when a northbound driver hit him. The city record attributed failure to yield to the SUV driver's entry and unsafe speed to the motorcycle driver's entry, while the article reported that police had not determined who had the right of way at the traffic light and had made no arrests.
A December collision became a February death notice
The crash was recorded at 3:12 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2022, at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn. The city record lists one motorist killed and no other injuries.
Brooklyn Paper reported that police identified the motorcycle rider as Fred Wearing, 49. The article said he was taken by ambulance to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition and died there on Feb. 9.
Ocean Parkway has a recent record of severe crashes
The fatal collision was recorded at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC location context identifies Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn as a corridor with 1,741 crashes, 1,281 injuries, 62 serious injuries and 7 deaths since 2022.
The sources disagree on the pre-crash movements
The city crash record lists a 2019 Audi SUV driver traveling east and making a left turn, and a 2017 Honda motorcycle driver traveling north and going straight ahead.
Brooklyn Paper, citing a preliminary police investigation, reported a different account: Wearing was riding southbound and attempting a left turn onto Avenue N when a northbound driver hit him.
Right of way and speed appear in the record
The city crash record attributed failure to yield right of way to the SUV driver's entry and unsafe speed to the motorcycle driver's entry.
Brooklyn Paper reported that it was not clear whether Wearing or the other driver had the right of way at the traffic light, and that police had made no arrests as the Highway District Collision Investigation Squad continued its work.