Driver Fails To Yield, Kills Woman on Broadway
A Jeep driver kept going through Broadway and Flushing while a 68-year-old woman crossed with the signal. Police say the driver failed to yield. The crash threw her to the pavement and killed her in the middle of the intersection.
What We Know
A 68-year-old woman was killed while crossing Broadway at Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn on an October morning. According to the police report, she was in the intersection, crossing with the signal, when a Jeep SUV driver traveling south failed to stop and hit her. Police recorded Failure to Yield Right-of-Way. She suffered fatal head injuries and died at the scene on this busy arterial street.
People
Pedestrian killed
Age 68; Female; Pedestrian location: Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian at Intersection; Pedestrian action: Crossing With Signal; Injury: Killed
Vehicles
SUV
2012 JEEP -CAR/SUV; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Center Front End; Damage: Center Front End; Driver license status: Licensed; Contributing factor: Failure to Yield Right-of-Way
Where
Broadway & Flushing Ave, Brooklyn
Press Articles
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