Driver Charged After Bushwick Pedestrian Death at DeKalb and Wyckoff
City crash data recorded one pedestrian death at De Kalb Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue on Oct. 18, 2024, and police told reporters Lennis Escalona Luna was charged after a 59-year-old man identified in differing name order as Marco Gallardo Tirado or Marco Tirado Gallardo was fatally
What We Know
According to the police report, a licensed male driver in a van turned right from De Kalb Avenue onto Wyckoff Avenue in Brooklyn around 9:36 a.m. and hit a 59-year-old man who was crossing in the crosswalk with the signal. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way. The pedestrian suffered injuries to his entire body and died at the scene.
A right turn ended with a pedestrian fatally injured
The city crash record says the collision happened at about 9:36 a.m. on Oct. 18, 2024, at De Kalb Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue. It records a 59-year-old male pedestrian crossing with the signal at an intersection and a driver in a van making a right turn, with failure to yield listed as a contributing factor.
The Daily News identified the man as Marco Gallardo Tirado, while Brooklyn Paper identified him as Marco Tirado Gallardo. Both outlets reported that medics took him to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where he died.
DeKalb Avenue has a long crash history
The crash was recorded at De Kalb Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue in Brooklyn’s 11237 ZIP code.
CrashCountNYC’s location context for DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn lists 1,052 crashes, 570 injuries, 31 serious injuries and 1 death since 2022.
Sources describe the vehicle differently
The official record lists the involved vehicle as a 2025 FRHT-TRUCK/BUS van traveling east with one licensed male driver. The Daily News described a white box truck, and Brooklyn Paper described an 18-foot delivery truck.
Police said investigators traced the driver through the truck’s company
The Daily News reported that investigators used the commercial vehicle’s U.S. Department of Transportation number to identify the company that owned the truck, then identified Lennis Escalona Luna as the employee assigned to it. Police took him into custody after his boss asked him to return to the company’s Park Slope headquarters.
Failure to yield appears in both the record and the charges
The city crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as the contributing factor for the driver. Police later charged Luna with failure to yield to a pedestrian, along with failure to exercise due care.