U-Haul Driver Charged After Bay Ridge Crash Kills YiJie Ye
Police arrested U-Haul driver Weng Sor after YiJie Ye, 44, was fatally hit in Bay Ridge on Feb. 13, 2023, while the official record placed the fatal crash at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue.
What We Know
On Feb. 13, 2023, police arrested U-Haul driver Weng Sor after YiJie Ye, 44, was fatally hit in Bay Ridge during what amNY described as a nearly hour-long Brooklyn rampage. The official crash record places the fatal crash at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue and lists one motorist killed, with a pickup truck and a moped both traveling north. amNY identified Ye as a delivery worker riding an e-bike and reported that he was the only person killed among eight people struck. The official record lists aggressive driving or road rage as a contributing factor, and police said Sor faced murder and other charges.
A fatal crash during a wider Brooklyn rampage
The official record says one motorist was killed at 10:50 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2023, in Brooklyn. It lists a pickup truck and a moped, both traveling north and going straight ahead, and records no other injuries in this fatal crash.
amNY reported that police arrested 62-year-old U-Haul driver Weng Sor after YiJie Ye was hit during a nearly hour-long rampage through Brooklyn. The article said Ye was one of eight people struck and the only person killed.
The record and press account differ on key details
The official record describes the rider’s vehicle as a moped and places the fatal crash at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue. amNY described Ye as riding an e-bike and placed him near Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway.
YiJie Ye was a delivery worker and father
amNY identified the person killed as YiJie Ye, 44, a Chinese immigrant and delivery worker who had come to New York about two decades earlier. The article reported that he was a single father of three children.
After Ye’s death, Representatives Grace Meng, Nicole Malliotakis and Dan Goldman said they were working with the U.S. Embassy in Guangzhou to help obtain a visa for Ye’s mother, ShuiYing Jiang, so she could attend his funeral.
Police made an arrest; the official record cites aggressive driving
amNY reported that police arrested Weng Sor and that he was facing murder and other charges. The official crash record lists aggressive driving or road rage as a contributing factor and also lists failure to yield right-of-way for the pickup truck entry.
Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue sits on a heavily crash-prone corridor
The official crash record places the fatal collision at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC’s location context identifies the surrounding corridor as 5th Avenue - Brooklyn. Since 2022, it counted 1,330 crashes, 883 injuries, 32 serious injuries and 6 deaths along that corridor.