Police arrested BMW driver after fatal Belt Parkway crash.
BMW driver Fitzroy Moore was arrested after police said he rear-ended Rakibul Hasan's Prius, sending it over the median; the official record dates the Belt Parkway crash to 10:26 p.m. Oct. 16, 2023, and counts one death and two injuries.
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What We Know
BMW driver Fitzroy Moore was later arrested and charged in connection with the crash, the Daily News reported. Police accounts said Hasan was driving east on the Belt Parkway in a Toyota Prius when a BMW driver rear-ended him near Plumb Beach; the impact sent the Toyota across the median into westbound traffic, where a Honda driver hit it. The official record places the collision at 10:26 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2023, and counts one person killed and two injured. Relatives said Hasan drove for Uber to help support his family while studying for a GED.
A rear-end impact sent the Toyota across the median
Police accounts said Hasan was driving east in a Toyota Prius near Plumb Beach when a BMW driver rear-ended him. The impact sent the Toyota across the median into westbound traffic, where a Honda driver hit it. The Daily News later identified the BMW driver as Fitzroy Moore.
The official crash record places the collision at 10:26 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2023, and counts one person killed and two injured.
The crash happened near Plumb Beach
Police said the crash occurred on the Belt Parkway near Plumb Beach, just off Sheepshead Bay. The Daily News placed it near the Flatbush Avenue exit.
Hasan worked to support his family
Rakibul Hasan, 24, was an East New York resident, according to Brooklyn Paper. His uncle told the paper Hasan had immigrated from Bangladesh with his family. Relatives told the Daily News that Hasan worked as an Uber driver to help support his family while studying for a GED; an uncle lent him the Toyota Prius for work.
His uncle told the Daily News, “He’s a good person, a very good person.”
Reports differ on the Toyota and Honda body types
The official record lists a 2015 eastbound BMW sedan, a 2014 eastbound Toyota in the station-wagon/SUV category, and a 2016 westbound Honda sedan. 1010 WINS described Hasan's Toyota Prius as a sedan and the Honda CR-V as an SUV; other news accounts also identify a Prius and a CR-V. The sources differ on the Toyota and Honda body-type classifications.
Reports differ on Hasan's hospital; Moore was later charged
Hospital accounts differ
1010 WINS reported that EMS took Hasan to Lutheran Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Brooklyn Paper and the Daily News reported that medics took him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.
Moore was arrested in 2024
The Daily News reported on Dec. 17, 2024, that police arrested Moore and charged him with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and speeding. His arraignment was pending at the time of the report.