FDNY Pickup Driver Hits and Kills E-Bike Rider in Park Slope
At 8:11 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2024, a 24-year-old e-bike rider was killed at Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street after an FDNY pickup driver responding to a baby-choking call hit him, records and press accounts show.
What We Know
A 24-year-old e-bike rider was killed on Oct. 30, 2024, at Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street in Park Slope. City crash data records a northbound pickup truck driver and an eastbound e-bike rider both going straight before the crash, with the rider killed and one motorist injured. Press accounts said the pickup driver was with FDNY EMS, was responding to a report of a choking baby and had emergency lights on. Brooklyn Paper reported that it was unclear whether the siren was activated or whether the driver had a green light. The driver stayed at the scene, and no charges were immediately filed, according to the articles.
An emergency response crossed paths with an e-bike rider
The crash happened at Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street in Brooklyn. The city crash record lists a northbound pickup truck driver and an eastbound e-bike rider, both going straight before the crash. The record says the 24-year-old male rider was killed and one motorist was injured.
Brooklyn Paper reported that an FDNY pickup driver was responding to a 911 call for a choking baby, with emergency lights on, when the driver hit Victor Hidalgo at the intersection. The Daily News also reported that the FDNY EMS driver was headed to that emergency and that another ambulance took the rider to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he could not be saved.
The rider was 24 and had ties beyond New York
The official record identifies the person killed as a 24-year-old male bicyclist. Brooklyn Paper identified him as Victor Hidalgo, a Bronx resident and delivery worker, and reported that he is survived by his wife and 1-year-old son in Mexico. The Daily News identified him as Victor Hildago, spelling his surname differently, and also reported that he lived in the Bronx.
Fourth Avenue is a high-crash Brooklyn corridor
The collision occurred at 4th Avenue and Sackett Street in Brooklyn. Along Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC recorded 2,076 crashes, 1,379 injuries, 78 serious injuries and 10 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Key questions remained after the crash
Brooklyn Paper reported that the FDNY pickup driver had emergency lights on, but that it was not immediately clear whether the siren was activated or whether the driver had a green light. The Daily News reported that the driver remained at the scene and that no charges were immediately filed.
Other units handled the choking emergency
The Daily News reported that FDNY officials said other units handled the baby-choking emergency, and that the EMS unit involved in the crash was one of four units called to that scene.