Motorcyclist dies after Ocean Parkway crash at Avenue N
A Dec. 28, 2022 crash involving a motorcycle rider and an SUV driver at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N killed 49-year-old Fred Wearing, who police said died at Maimonides on Feb. 9.
What We Know
Fred Wearing, 49, was critically injured in a Dec. 28, 2022 crash at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn and died at Maimonides Medical Center on Feb. 9, according to police reporting cited by Brooklyn Paper. The city crash record lists a motorcycle and a 2019 Audi SUV, with one motorist killed. The sources differ on the movements before impact: the city record says the SUV driver was traveling east and making a left turn while the motorcyclist was traveling north, while Brooklyn Paper reported that Wearing was riding south and turning left when he was hit by a northbound driver. Police said the other driver remained at the scene and that no arrests had been made as of the article’s publication.
A rider died weeks after the Brooklyn crash
The crash happened at about 3:12 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2022, at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N. The city record lists one motorist killed and no other injuries in a crash involving a motorcycle rider and an SUV driver.
Brooklyn Paper, citing police, identified the rider as Fred Wearing, 49. Police said he was taken by ambulance to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition and died there on Feb. 9.
Records disagree on the approach to impact
The city crash record says a licensed woman driving a 2019 Audi SUV was traveling east and making a left turn, and that the motorcycle rider was traveling north and going straight. The same record lists failure to yield right-of-way for the SUV driver and unsafe speed for the motorcyclist.
Brooklyn Paper reported a different preliminary police account: Wearing was riding south on Ocean Parkway and trying to turn left onto Avenue N when he was hit by a northbound driver. The article also said it was not clear who had the right-of-way at the traffic light.
Ocean Parkway has a long crash record
The crash occurred at Ocean Parkway and Avenue N in Brooklyn. Along Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC’s location context shows 1,741 crashes, 1,281 injuries, 62 serious injuries and 7 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Police said the other driver stayed
Police said the other driver remained at the scene. Brooklyn Paper reported that the Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was still investigating and that no arrests had been made as of Feb. 22, 2023.