Fatal crash

Distracted pickup driver kills man in parked SUV

A distracted pickup driver tore into parked cars on Washington Street and hit a 31-year-old man in a parked SUV. He was partially thrown from the SUV and died there, on a block where he wasn’t even moving.

1fatality
July 8, 2023date
8:03 p.m.time

What We Know

According to the police report, a 31-year-old man sitting in a parked SUV near 712 Washington Street in Manhattan died after a pickup driver going straight hit the line of parked cars and partially ejected him. Police recorded driver inattention and driver inexperience for the pickup driver. The crash happened on a rainy Saturday evening and involved an oversized pickup and multiple parked vehicles.

People

  • Occupant killed

    Age 31; Male

Vehicles

  • Truck

    Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Right Front Bumper; Contributing factor: Driver Inattention/Distraction; Second contributing factor: Driver Inexperience

  • SUV

    2019 MERZ -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Left Front Quarter Panel; Damage: Left Front Quarter Panel; Driver license status: Licensed

  • Sedan

    2020 HOND -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Left Rear Quarter Panel; Damage: Left Rear Quarter Panel

Where

712 Washington St, Manhattan

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