Brooklyn driver indicted in alleged fatal attack on delivery worker.
Prosecutors say Weng Sor struck YiJie Ye, a 44-year-old food delivery worker, during a Brooklyn rampage; the city record lists one person killed in a collision at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue at 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2023.
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What We Know
Prosecutors alleged that Weng Sor struck Ye, a 44-year-old food delivery worker, near Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue on Feb. 13, 2023, and intentionally targeted people during a Brooklyn rampage. The official record places the fatal collision at that intersection at 10:50 a.m. and links Ye to a moped; prosecutors described him riding an e-bike. Sor later pleaded not guilty to a 25-count indictment.
Prosecutors alleged a deliberate attack.
The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office alleged that Weng Sor intentionally drove a U-Haul into people during a series of Brooklyn incidents. Prosecutors said Ye, 44, was working for a food delivery service and riding an e-bike when he was struck near Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue; he died of head injuries.
Reports differed about where the broader episode began. The New York Post, citing police, reported that the driver first hit an e-bike rider near Fifth Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway around 11 a.m. NY1 said authorities placed the start at Fourth Avenue and 55th Street just after 10:15 a.m.; prosecutors later described events beginning at that intersection at 10:20 a.m.
Reports placed the fatal encounter at different intersections.
The official crash record places the collision at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn at 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2023, and records one person killed. Prosecutors also placed the fatal strike near Fifth Avenue, while the New York Post and amNewYork reported that Ye was near Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway. The Post reported that Ye was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn and pronounced dead late Monday.
Ye was raising three children.
Ye was a single father of three, including twin boys and a girl. His cousin, identified as Mike by the New York Post, said Ye took an Uber Eats job to support his children and had come from Fuzhou, China, 18 years earlier.
Neighbor Peter Chuc recalled Ye working, cooking for his children and sometimes collecting cans after work. Chuc said, "He was a hard-working man."
Lawmakers sought a visa for Ye's mother, ShuiYing Jiang, so she could attend the funeral and spend time with the children, NBC News reported.
The accounts describe Ye's vehicle differently.
The official crash record lists a pickup truck and a moped and links Ye to the moped. Prosecutors described Sor driving a U-Haul truck and Ye riding an e-bike.
Sor pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
On May 8, 2023, Sor was arraigned on a 25-count indictment that included second-degree murder, attempted murder and assault charges. ABC7 reported that he pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail. The charges are allegations, not proof of guilt.