Driver Hits and Kills Pedestrian on Linden Boulevard
A 59-year-old driver traveling east on Linden Boulevard hit a 36-year-old pedestrian at Ashford Street on March 18, 2024, and police told amNY the man died at Brookdale University Hospital.
What We Know
A 36-year-old man was killed on March 18, 2024, at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street in Brooklyn. City crash records say the driver was traveling east in a 2015 Chevy sedan and going straight before impact, and they describe the pedestrian as crossing against the signal at the intersection. amNY, citing police, reported that the 59-year-old driver remained at the scene and that the pedestrian was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 2 p.m. The outlet also reported that a How's My Driving NY review tied the sedan's plate to 10 camera-issued speeding tickets since 2021, plus bus-lane and red-light tickets.
A crossing at Linden and Ashford ended with one pedestrian dead
The crash happened at about 1:21 p.m. on March 18, 2024, at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street in Brooklyn. City records show one pedestrian, a 36-year-old man, was killed and no other injuries were recorded.
The driver was traveling east in a sedan and going straight before impact, according to the city record. amNY reported, citing police, that the man was in the crosswalk and was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 2 p.m.
Linden Boulevard is a high-crash corridor in Brooklyn
The crash occurred at Linden Boulevard and Ashford Street in Brooklyn. amNY described the location as in East New York.
CrashCountNYC's location review of Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn counted 2,223 crashes, 1,585 injuries, 64 serious injuries and 8 deaths on the corridor since 2022.
The driver was in an eastbound Chevy sedan
The city vehicle record identifies the involved sedan as a 2015 Chevy, with one occupant, a licensed male driver with a New York license. The record lists center-front damage and a center-front point of impact.
amNY reported that the impact smashed the driver's windshield. The outlet also reported that a How's My Driving NY review tied the Chevy sedan's plate to 10 camera-issued speeding tickets since 2021, including eight in the prior year, as well as two bus-lane tickets and one red-light ticket.
City records cite signal disregard by the pedestrian
The fatal-person record says the pedestrian was at the intersection and crossing against the signal. It lists traffic-control disregard and pedestrian error or confusion as contributing factors.
The press account adds that police did not immediately suspect criminality and that the driver remained at the scene.