Infiniti Driver Fatally Hits Scooter Rider in Bed-Stuy
City data recorded one death after a 4:27 a.m. crash at Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Decatur Street, where police said a 21-year-old Infiniti driver T-boned a scooter rider who later died at Kings County Hospital.
What We Know
A rider died after an early-morning collision at Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Decatur Street in Brooklyn. Police told local news outlets that a 21-year-old driver in a 2020 Infiniti sedan was traveling south on Marcus Garvey Boulevard when he hit a scooter rider heading east on Decatur Street. The impact ejected the rider, and medics took him to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. City crash data lists the rider as a 26-year-old male motor-scooter driver and records one motorist death. The driver stopped nearby and remained at the scene, according to police; early reports said no charges had been filed while investigators reviewed who had the right of way and how fast the operators were traveling.
Early-morning collision at the intersection
The crash was recorded at 4:27 a.m. on August 6, 2023, at Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Decatur Street in Brooklyn. City data recorded one person killed and no other injuries.
Police told news outlets that a 21-year-old driver in a 2020 Infiniti sedan was traveling south on Marcus Garvey Boulevard when he T-boned a scooter rider heading east on Decatur Street. The rider was ejected, suffered severe head and body trauma, and was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The rider and the Infiniti driver
The official record lists the person killed as a 26-year-old male driver of the motor scooter. Early NYPD accounts published the next day said police had not yet identified him publicly.
Police said the 21-year-old Infiniti driver stayed at the scene after continuing a short distance. He was not hurt, and neither were two passengers in the sedan.
Records describe a sedan, a scooter and a parked Hyundai
City data lists a 2020 Infiniti sedan traveling south and a KSR Moto TTX motor scooter traveling east, both going straight before the crash. A parked 2014 Hyundai sedan was also recorded as involved.
The scooter was demolished in the official record. The Daily News, citing police, reported that the rider’s scooter came into contact with a parked Hyundai Sonata before the rider hit a building.
Right of way remained under review
City crash data recorded traffic-control disregard for both operators and unsafe speed for the Infiniti sedan. Brooklyn Paper reported that, at the time, police had not said who had the right of way or how fast either operator was traveling.
Both articles reported that no charges had been filed in the immediate aftermath, while police continued investigating.
Marcus Garvey Boulevard has a recent record of serious harm
The fatal crash happened at Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Decatur Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
CrashCountNYC’s corridor context for Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Brooklyn counted 503 crashes, 293 injuries, 16 serious injuries and 2 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.