Driver Dies After Queens Collision Near JFK Airport
A 71-year-old driver was killed and another motorist injured in a Dec. 18, 2023 crash at Brewer Boulevard and South Conduit Avenue, where police said a 30-year-old pickup driver hit Fitz H. Slowe’s Chevy sedan near JFK Airport.
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.
Police described a nighttime collision at the conduit
The official crash record says the collision occurred at 8:15 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2023, at Brewer Boulevard and South Conduit Avenue in Queens, and records one motorist killed and one motorist injured.
amNY reported that Fitz H. Slowe, 71, was driving a Chevy sedan east on South Conduit Avenue when a 30-year-old driving a Dodge pickup on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard hit him. The article says the pickup driver was southbound, while the official vehicle record lists that driver traveling north.
Slowe died after both motorists were taken to Jamaica Hospital
amNY identified Slowe as a resident of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Both drivers were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where Slowe was pronounced dead and the pickup driver was listed in stable condition.
A dangerous South Conduit Avenue corridor
The crash happened at Brewer Boulevard and South Conduit Avenue in Queens, near JFK Airport and Springfield Gardens.
CrashCountNYC’s street context for South Conduit Avenue in Queens shows 1,039 crashes, 795 injuries, 50 serious injuries and 6 deaths since 2022.
Police had not reported an arrest
amNY reported the day after the crash that police had not made any arrests and that the investigation remained ongoing.