Driver Sentenced in Bushwick Crash That Killed Hayden Wallace
Christopher Seabrook drove a Kia Sportage at high speed into a Toyota Yaris in Bushwick, prosecutors said, in a Jan. 8, 2024 crash that city records show killed one passenger and injured three motorists at Irving Avenue and Stockholm Street.
What We Know
According to the police report, a 34-year-old unlicensed driver in a 2011 Toyota sedan was traveling east on Irving Avenue near Stockholm Street just before 1 a.m. when he hit several parked vehicles, including sedans and SUVs. Three male passengers suffered head crush injuries; one 29-year-old rear passenger was ejected and killed, and two other passengers, ages 29 and 34, sustained serious head injuries. The crash occurred overnight in below-freezing weather in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
A high-speed impact in Bushwick
City records place the crash at Irving Avenue and Stockholm Street at 12:46 a.m. on Jan. 8, 2024, and list one motorist killed and three motorists injured.
Hayden Wallace was riding in the rear seat
The official record describes the person killed as a 29-year-old male passenger seated in the right rear of the Toyota. Prosecutors and press accounts identified him as Hayden Wallace.
The Daily News reported that Wallace had recently moved to Brooklyn from Texas, was working as a gate agent for American Airlines at Kennedy Airport and had been out with new friends the night he died.
Three other people in the Toyota survived
Early police accounts reported that the Toyota driver, Jorge Sanchezde Lozada Haiek, was hospitalized with injuries described as not life-threatening and was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
The record lists a moving SUV, a moving sedan and parked vehicles
The official record lists a southbound Kia SUV and an eastbound Toyota sedan with four occupants, along with three parked vehicles. News accounts identified the moving vehicles as a Kia Sportage and a Toyota Yaris.
Prosecutors said Seabrook fled before help arrived
Authorities said Seabrook got out of the Kia after the crash and left on foot before police and emergency responders arrived. Prosecutors said surveillance video later tracked him walking to a nearby smoke shop.
Irving Avenue has seen repeated crash harm
The crash happened at Irving Avenue and Stockholm Street in Bushwick. CrashCountNYC location context for Irving Avenue in Brooklyn counts 512 crashes, 211 injuries, six serious injuries and one death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.