Dump-truck driver turning right kills pedestrian in Flatbush.
A southbound dump-truck driver turned right before 58-year-old Maria Piovanetti cleared the truck as she crossed with the signal at Bedford and Tilden avenues in Brooklyn at 5:58 a.m. on March 7, 2024; the crash killed her, according to the official record and News 12.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
A southbound dump-truck driver turned right as 58-year-old Maria Piovanetti crossed with the signal at Bedford Avenue and Tilden Avenue in Flatbush. News 12 reported surveillance video showed the driver turn before she cleared the truck; the crash record lists failure to yield and an oversized vehicle as contributing factors.
The driver turned before she cleared the truck
News 12 reported surveillance video showed Piovanetti entering the crosswalk as the approaching truck slowed; before she cleared it, the driver turned right. The official record describes the truck as southbound and making a right turn, and records Piovanetti as crossing with the signal.
The crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way and an oversized vehicle as contributing factors.
Piovanetti lived in extended-stay housing
CBS New York reported police identified the woman as Maria Piovanetti, 58. News 12 reported, citing police, that she lived at an extended-stay housing facility that helps tenants obtain permanent housing.
The truck belonged to Manolos Trucking
The official record identifies a 2014 dump truck. Streetsblog reported that the truck belonged to Manolos Trucking.
The investigation was ongoing
News 12 reported that police had made no arrests and that the investigation was ongoing. Streetsblog later reported that the driver had not been charged and that the city’s Business Integrity Commission was reviewing the fatality and awaiting the company’s safety and training materials.
Where
BEDFORD AVENUE and TILDEN AVENUE