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.
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
Press Articles
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