Driver in Flatbed Truck Fatally Hit Woman on Utica Avenue
A truck driver hit a 75-year-old woman in the Utica and Saint Johns crosswalk. Her head hit the pavement. Police recorded crush injuries. She died in the intersection while the driver rolled on.
What We Know
The fatal crash happened on Dec. 28, 2022, at Utica Avenue and St. Johns Place in Brooklyn. City records list a 75-year-old woman as the pedestrian killed and a flatbed truck driver traveling north on Utica Avenue. amNY, citing police, reported that the woman was in the crosswalk when the driver hit her and that EMS personnel pronounced her dead at the scene. The driver remained there, no arrests had been made, and the investigation was ongoing at the time of the report. The official record also noted the woman was crossing against the signal.
The crash at the intersection
City records logged the crash at 2:03 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2022. amNY, citing police, reported the time as 2:04 p.m. and said the woman was crossing St. Johns Place at Utica Avenue in the crosswalk when a driver traveling north on Utica Avenue hit her in a flatbed truck.
The official record identifies the person killed as a 75-year-old female pedestrian at the intersection. EMS personnel declared her dead at the scene, according to amNY.
Utica Avenue has seen repeated harm since 2022
The crash happened at Utica Avenue and St. Johns Place in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC’s location context for Utica Avenue in Brooklyn counted 1,952 crashes, 1,471 injuries, 54 serious injuries and 4 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
What records say about the people involved
Police withheld the woman’s identity pending family notification, amNY reported. The official crash record lists her as a 75-year-old pedestrian.
The truck driver remained at the scene, and no arrests had been made at the time of amNY’s report.
The record focused on the pedestrian signal
The official record listed the woman’s action as crossing against the signal and cited pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor. amNY’s police account said she was in the crosswalk when the driver hit her; the report did not describe any arrest or charge.