Police Seek Gray Sedan After Brooklyn Pedestrian Death
A 57-year-old pedestrian was killed at Wortman Avenue and Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn on April 5, 2024, and amNewYork reported that nearby workers identified him as a bus driver while police looked for a gray four-door sedan.
What We Know
A 57-year-old pedestrian was killed shortly before 6 a.m. on April 5, 2024, at Wortman Avenue and Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn. amNewYork reported that nearby workers said the man was a bus driver and that he was hit as he exited his car for work; police and highway investigators were looking for a gray four-door sedan in what the outlet described as a hit-and-run. The city crash record lists traffic control disregarded as a contributing factor. The record's vehicle entries describe an eastbound movement with one occupant and a separate parked 2007 Infiniti SUV, while amNewYork reported an eastbound four-door sedan.
A man was killed during the early morning commute
The city crash record says a 57-year-old male pedestrian was killed at 5:54 a.m. on April 5, 2024, at Wortman Avenue and Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn.
amNewYork reported that the man was hit as he exited his car for work and that he was pronounced dead at the scene. Nearby workers told the outlet he was a bus driver.
Wortman and Georgia sit on a corridor with a long crash record
The crash happened at Wortman Avenue and Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn, in ZIP code 11207, according to the city crash record.
CrashCountNYC's location context for Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn counts 348 crashes, 178 injuries, four serious injuries and one death on the corridor since 2022.
Records and press accounts differ on the vehicle details
amNewYork reported that police and Highway Collision Unit investigators were looking for a gray four-door sedan that they believed was involved, and the outlet described the case as a hit-and-run.
The city crash record lists traffic control disregarded as a contributing factor. Its vehicle entries describe an eastbound movement with one occupant and a separate parked 2007 Infiniti SUV; amNewYork reported an eastbound four-door sedan.