Two drivers' collision ends in fatal Brooklyn sidewalk crash
A southbound Honda Odyssey driver collided with an eastbound Toyota Sienna driver before Chaim Blum, 23, was fatally struck on the sidewalk, 1010 WINS reported; the official record places the crash at 13th Avenue and 50th Street on April 5, 2023, at 7:12 p.m.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police accounts reported by 1010 WINS say a southbound Honda Odyssey driver collided with an eastbound Toyota Sienna driver at 13th Avenue and 50th Street. The Toyota spun out of control and mounted the sidewalk, where Chaim Blum, 23, was standing. Reports say Blum was taken to Maimonides Medical Center and died there. The official record lists one pedestrian killed in the April 5, 2023, crash at 7:12 p.m.; news reports call the moving vehicles minivans, while the official record classifies them as station wagons/SUVs.
Two drivers collided at the intersection.
Police accounts reported by 1010 WINS say a southbound Honda Odyssey driver hit the driver's side of an eastbound Toyota Sienna. The Toyota spun out of control and mounted the sidewalk, where Blum was standing. Streetsblog describes the Honda driver as striking the Toyota driver, then says the Toyota careened into Blum.
The official record gives the crash time as 7:12 p.m. on April 5, 2023, and 1010 WINS reports it happened around 7:10 p.m. Streetsblog's incident paragraph says 7:10 a.m., although its roundup introduction describes the fatal crashes as occurring Wednesday night.
Blum died after being taken to a hospital.
1010 WINS identifies the pedestrian as Chaim Blum, 23, and says he had just reached the corner and was standing on the sidewalk. Streetsblog places him on the southeast corner. Both reports say he was taken to Maimonides Medical Center and died there; 1010 WINS reports severe head and body injuries and says he was struck about half a mile from home. Streetsblog says he died as the neighborhood celebrated the first night of Passover.
1010 WINS reports that both drivers were 27-year-old men, remained at the scene and were not hurt. It reported no arrests and an ongoing investigation; Streetsblog said neither driver was initially charged.
News reports and the official record classify the vehicles differently.
1010 WINS identifies the moving vehicles as a gray Toyota Sienna and a Honda Odyssey, both minivans; Streetsblog also calls them minivans. The official record classifies its southbound 2019 Honda and eastbound 2019 Toyota entries as station wagons/SUVs. It also lists a parked 2021 Honda under that classification.
Where
13 AVENUE and 50 STREET