Fatal crash

Garbage Truck Driver Fails to Yield, Kills Man on Kings Highway

A garbage truck driver turned left off Kings Highway and hit a 58-year-old man standing at East 14th Street. Police say the driver failed to yield. The man died there at the intersection.

1fatality
January 12, 2023date
9:55 p.m.time

What We Know

According to the police report, a licensed male driver in a Mack garbage truck turned left from Kings Highway onto East 14th Street in Brooklyn on an arterial road at night and hit a 58-year-old man standing in the intersection. The pedestrian died from internal injuries affecting his entire body. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way and limited or obstructed view as contributing factors. The truck is classified as an oversized vehicle.

People

  • Pedestrian killed

    Age 58; Male; Pedestrian location: Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian at Intersection; Injury: Killed

Vehicles

  • Truck

    2016 MACK-TRUCK/BUS; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Making Left Turn; Travel direction: North; Point of impact: Left Side Doors; Damage: No Damage; Driver license status: Licensed; Contributing factor: Failure to Yield Right-of-Way; Second contributing factor: View Obstructed/Limited

Where

Kings Hwy & East 14th St, Brooklyn

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