Driver accused of running red light in fatal Brooklyn crash
After the Late Shift
Kashawn Croswell, 25, ran a red light and hit the Honda carrying 18-year-old Shanti Joyner, who died, police said; the official record places the collision at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street at 3:22 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2023.
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What We Know
Police said 25-year-old Kashawn Croswell ran a red light in a Mercedes and hit the Honda carrying 18-year-old passenger Shanti Joyner at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2023. The official record places the collision at 3:22 a.m. and lists one death and three injuries; the New York Post reported four others hurt. Reports said Joyner died at a hospital. The Daily News later reported Croswell was arraigned on second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and leaving-the-scene charges. Gothamist also reported police charged Honda driver Iesha Joyner with alcohol-related offenses.
Police described a red-light collision.
Gothamist reported that police said Croswell was driving a Mercedes south on Court Street, ran a red light and struck the Honda. The Daily News later reported the Honda was struck on its front passenger side and that witnesses described it spinning after impact.
The crash happened at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street.
The official record places the collision in Brooklyn at 3:22 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2023, at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street. The New York Post described the location as outside Trader Joe's in Cobble Hill.
Shanti Joyner was returning from work.
ABC7 identified Shanti Joyner, 18, as a Staten Island resident and passenger in the Honda. Reports said she was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Daily News reported that Joyner and her older sister, Iesha Joyner, 32, were returning home after late-night shifts at a Brooklyn bar; it identified Iesha as the Honda's driver.
ABC7 reported that Iesha and a 29-year-old Honda passenger were hospitalized in stable condition, along with a 24-year-old passenger in the Mercedes. The official record lists three injured; the New York Post reported four others hurt.
The sedans were traveling in different directions.
The official record identifies a 2014 Mercedes sedan traveling south and a 2019 Honda sedan traveling west. Gothamist identified Croswell as the Mercedes driver; the Daily News identified Iesha Joyner as the Honda driver and described the Honda as an Accord.
The record lists speed; police reported a red-light run.
The official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the Mercedes. News reports attributed to police say Croswell ran a red light. The New York Post's initial report said investigators were still determining the cause.
Both drivers later faced charges.
On Aug. 20, Gothamist reported police had arrested and charged Croswell with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and leaving an accident. The Daily News reported the next day that he was arraigned on second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. Gothamist also reported police charged Iesha Joyner with driving while intoxicated, driving while impaired by alcohol, and insurance and registration offenses.