Pickup Driver and Sedan Driver Collide in Fatal Queens Crash
Police said a 30-year-old pickup driver and Fitz H. Slowe, 71, collided at South Conduit Avenue and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Queens, where the official record cites traffic-control disregard and unsafe speed before Slowe died.
What We Know
According to the police report, a male driver in a 2021 Dodge pickup truck, unlicensed, drove north on Brewer Boulevard near South Conduit Avenue on a Monday evening when he hit a 71-year-old man driving a 2002 Chevy sedan head-on. The older driver, recorded as a senior, died from head and internal injuries. Police recorded “Traffic Control Disregarded” for the Chevy driver and “Unsafe Speed” as additional factors.
Two drivers collided at a Queens intersection
The crash happened at about 8:15 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2023, at Brewer Boulevard and South Conduit Avenue in Queens. The official record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured.
Police told amNY that Fitz H. Slowe was driving a Chevy sedan east on South Conduit Avenue when a 30-year-old Dodge pickup driver was on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and the drivers collided at the intersection. The official record also lists Slowe’s sedan traveling east, but it records the pickup driver traveling north; amNY reported the police account as southbound.
Fitz H. Slowe died after being taken to a hospital
Police had made no arrests as of amNY’s Dec. 19 report, and the investigation remained ongoing.
The record points to signal disregard and speed
The official crash record cites traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor. The vehicle entries also list unsafe speed for both drivers, and traffic-control disregard for the Dodge pickup driver.
The official record lists both drivers as going straight ahead before the collision. The sedan entry identifies a 2002 Chevrolet; the pickup entry identifies a 2021 Dodge truck or bus-type vehicle, while amNY described it as a Dodge pickup truck.
South Conduit Avenue is a high-injury corridor
The collision occurred at South Conduit Avenue and Brewer Boulevard in Springfield Gardens, near JFK Airport.
CrashCountNYC’s location context for South Conduit Avenue in Queens lists 1,039 crashes, 795 injuries, 50 serious injuries and 6 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.