Driver Fatally Hits Bus Driver in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run
A driver traveling east on Wortman Avenue hit and killed a 57-year-old pedestrian near Georgia Avenue at 5:54 a.m. on April 5, 2024; amNewYork reported the man was a bus driver getting out of his car for work and that police were seeking a grey four-door sedan.
What We Know
At about 5:54 a.m. on April 5, 2024, near Wortman Avenue and Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn, a driver traveling east on Wortman Avenue hit a 57-year-old man, according to the city crash record and amNewYork. amNewYork, citing police and scene reporting, described the driver as being in a grey four-door sedan and said the man was a bus driver who had been getting out of his car for work. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The city record listed traffic-control disregard and improper passing or lane use for the eastbound driver; it also records a parked 2007 Infiniti SUV with damage to its left-side doors. Detectives were looking for the sedan, and the investigation was ongoing.
A morning hit-and-run on Wortman Avenue
The official record says the eastbound driver was going straight ahead before impact. It records the pedestrian as a 57-year-old man and places him outside an intersection.
A bus driver on his way to work
amNewYork reported that nearby school bus workers identified the victim as a bus driver. The article quoted a bystander grieving the death of someone headed to transport children.
The official record identifies the person killed as a 57-year-old male pedestrian.
Records and reporting differ on vehicle details
amNewYork reported that police were looking for a grey four-door sedan they believed was involved. The city collision summary lists a station wagon or SUV, and the official vehicle entries identify a parked 2007 Infiniti SUV with left-side door damage and a separate eastbound driver going straight ahead before impact.
The city record attributes traffic-control disregard and improper passing or lane use to the eastbound driver.
Georgia Avenue has a long crash history
The fatal crash occurred at Wortman Avenue and Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC’s location context for Georgia Avenue records 348 crashes, 178 injuries, four serious injuries, and one death from January 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Police searched for the driver
amNewYork reported that detectives and NYPD Highway Collision Unit officers were looking for the grey four-door sedan they believed was involved, and that the investigation was ongoing.