Brooklyn Driver Dies After Crash Injures Two Pedestrians in Queens
Driver Ivelaw Yearwood, 71, died after a crash near 20th Avenue and the Whitestone Expressway in College Point that injured three people, including two pedestrians, according to the city record and police accounts reported by QNS.
Approximate reported location.
What We Know
The city record gives the crash time as 3:10 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2023, and records one person killed and three injured. Police accounts reported by QNS and Patch said Ivelaw Yearwood, 71, lost control while driving north on 20th Avenue and hit two women on the sidewalk. QNS said another woman, a passenger, was also injured. Sources describe the vehicle differently: QNS called it a GMC SUV, Patch's headline called it a car, and the city record uses the combined classification “station wagon/sport utility vehicle.” The city record lists a 2022 GMC. QNS reported Yearwood was pronounced dead at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens; Patch said he was pronounced dead at an area hospital. QNS reported the investigation was ongoing.
Reported vehicle makes
- GMC — accepted press report
Make information is incomplete for the vehicles involved in this crash.
Police accounts describe a loss of control
Police accounts reported by QNS and Patch said Yearwood, 71, was driving north on 20th Avenue when he lost control and hit two women on the sidewalk near the Whitestone Expressway.
The city record gives the crash time as 3:10 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2023. QNS said police responded at 3:15 p.m.; Patch placed the crash at about 3:15 p.m. The city record counts one person killed and three injured.
At 20th Avenue and the Whitestone Expressway
The city record lists Whitestone Expressway and 20 Avenue; QNS locates the crash on 20th Avenue near the expressway in College Point, Queens. Police said the pedestrians were standing on a sidewalk.
The driver and three injured people
QNS identified the driver as Ivelaw Yearwood, 71, of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. It reported that EMS took him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead; Patch said he was taken to an area hospital and later pronounced dead.
QNS reported that a 66-year-old woman passenger and two women pedestrians, ages 66 and 23, were taken to the hospital in stable condition. The city record counts one injured motorist and two injured pedestrians.
Reports describe the vehicle differently
QNS called it a GMC SUV, while Patch's headline called it a car. The city record uses the combined classification “station wagon/sport utility vehicle,” lists a 2022 GMC, and records two occupants. The sources do not settle a more specific vehicle subtype.
The record and police accounts
The city record lists loss of consciousness as a contributing factor. Separately, police accounts reported by QNS and Patch said Yearwood lost control.
The investigation continued
QNS reported on Nov. 27 that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was continuing its investigation.