Driver left scene after fatal Brooklyn crash, police say
A driver in a semitrailer hit a 65-year-old man and left the scene, police told Patch; the official record logs one pedestrian death at 9:49 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2024, at Columbia and Sigourney streets in Brooklyn.
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What We Know
Police told Patch that a driver in a semitrailer hit a 65-year-old man around 9:45 a.m. and left the scene; the article reported that the man was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The official record logs one pedestrian death at 9:49 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2024, at Columbia Street and Sigourney Street in Brooklyn. Vehicle descriptions differ: Patch, citing police, described a semitrailer, while the official record lists two box trucks, a 2025 Volvo and a 2015 Hino recorded as parked. The sources do not connect the reported semitrailer to a specific truck in the record. Police said no one had been arrested and the investigation was ongoing when Patch published its report.
Police reported a hit-and-run.
Police told Patch that a driver in a semitrailer hit a 65-year-old man around 9:45 a.m. and left the scene. Patch reported that the man was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The official record counts one pedestrian killed and no injuries, and records the crash time as 9:49 a.m.
The reported location was near Gowanus Bay.
The official record places the crash at Columbia Street and Sigourney Street in Brooklyn. Patch reported the location as the 700 block of Columbia Street, in an industrial area near Gowanus Bay.
The sources give different truck descriptions.
Patch, citing police, described a semitrailer as involved in the hit-and-run. The official record lists two box trucks: a 2025 Volvo and a 2015 Hino recorded as parked. The sources do not connect the reported semitrailer to a specific truck in the official record.
The investigation was ongoing when Patch reported the crash.
Police said no one had been arrested and the investigation was ongoing when Patch published its report on Nov. 17, 2024.