Driver charged in fatal Canarsie pedestrian crash
At Glenwood Road and East 105th Street in Brooklyn, the official record lists one pedestrian killed and alcohol involvement, and police said Gary Turner was intoxicated when he hit 68-year-old Louis Garcia, who died at Brookdale.
What We Know
According to the police report, a male driver in a 2017 Dodge SUV, traveling west on Glenwood Road, hit a 68-year-old man in the intersection at East 105th Street around 6:51 p.m. in Brooklyn. The pedestrian, who was crossing against the signal, suffered crush injuries to his head and was pronounced dead. Police recorded alcohol involvement and tinted windows as contributing factors.
A pedestrian was hit at a Canarsie intersection
The crash happened around 6:51 p.m. on January 31, 2024, at Glenwood Road and East 105th Street in Brooklyn. The official record lists one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Police told the New York Post that Louis Garcia, 68, was crossing Glenwood Road when Gary Turner, 47, hit him while driving a 2017 Dodge. Garcia suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center.
Police identified the victim and the driver
The New York Post, citing police, identified the man killed as Louis Garcia of South Slope.
Records differ on the Dodge description
The official crash record describes the driver’s vehicle as a 2017 Dodge station wagon or sport utility vehicle traveling west and going straight ahead before the crash. The Post described it as a 2017 Dodge Caravan.
Alcohol appears in both the record and the police account
The official crash record lists alcohol involvement as a contributing factor for the crash. Police told the Post that Turner was allegedly intoxicated, and authorities charged him with driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired.
The official person record says the pedestrian was at the intersection and crossing against the signal, with pedestrian error or confusion and traffic-control disregard listed for the pedestrian.
Glenwood Road has seen repeated harm
The crash took place at Glenwood Road and East 105th Street in Canarsie, Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC’s location context for Glenwood Road in Brooklyn counts 731 crashes, 612 injuries, 45 serious injuries and 3 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.