Driver charged after two die in Bensonhurst crash.
Police said Vitaliy Konoplyov ran a red light before striking a Honda at 18th Avenue and 64th Street in Brooklyn on March 20, 2023; the official record lists two deaths and five injuries in the 12:47 p.m. crash.
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What We Know
Police said Konoplyov drove a Toyota south on 18th Avenue and ran a red light before colliding with a Honda crossing 64th Street. The Honda driver and a pedestrian died. Reports differ on which vehicle struck the pedestrian; the official record counts two deaths and five injuries.
Police alleged that the driver ran a red light.
Police said Konoplyov, 49, was driving a 2015 Toyota Camry south on 18th Avenue when he allegedly ran a red light and hit the driver's side of a 2016 Honda HR-V traveling east on 64th Street. Police said the Honda driver had a green light.
The official record lists disregarding a traffic control as a contributing factor for the Toyota sedan.
The crash killed a pedestrian and another driver.
The official record identifies the people killed as a 51-year-old man driving the Honda and a 65-year-old woman pedestrian. The record says the woman was crossing at the intersection with the signal. The Post also reported that she had the walk signal.
NY1, the Post and ABC7 reported the pedestrian's age as 60, while the official record lists her as 65.
The official record counts five injuries. NY1 reported that a 49-year-old woman passenger in the Honda was in critical condition and four other injured people were stable.
Reports differ on the Honda's body style.
The Post identified the southbound vehicle as a 2015 Toyota Camry and the eastbound vehicle as a 2016 Honda HR-V. The official record classifies the Honda as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle; Brooklyn Paper described it as a black hatchback, while other reports called it an SUV.
The Post reported that the Toyota then hit a 2021 Chevrolet Equinox driven by a 71-year-old man and struck a signal pole; debris damaged a parked 2021 Chevrolet Traverse. The official record lists two 2021 Chevrolet sport utility vehicles, one moving south and one parked.
Accounts differ on how the pedestrian was struck.
The Post said the Honda spun into the pedestrian after the initial collision. NY1 said both vehicles struck her. 1010 WINS described the Toyota striking a pedestrian after it went over the curb. The supplied accounts do not agree on the sequence.
Police charged Konoplyov after the crash.
Konoplyov remained at the scene and was taken into custody, according to police accounts. ABC7 reported that officials charged him with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. NY1 described the manslaughter charge as second-degree. The charges are allegations, not findings of guilt.
Where
18 AVENUE and 64 STREET