Driver arrested after fatal left-turn crash in East New York
Megan Martin, 30, was arrested after police said she hit 57-year-old Janet Henriquez while turning left in East New York, where the official record says Henriquez was crossing with the signal.
What We Know
Janet Henriquez, 57, was killed on the morning of Jan. 24, 2025, at Blake and Pennsylvania avenues in East New York. The official crash record says she was crossing at the intersection with the signal when a driver in an SUV made a left turn; it lists failure to yield as a contributing factor and driver inattention or distraction in the vehicle record. The Daily News, citing police, identified the driver as Megan Martin, 30, and reported that she was driving a Nissan Pathfinder eastbound on Blake Avenue while attempting to turn left onto Pennsylvania Avenue. Police said Martin was arrested three months after the crash.
A left turn at the intersection ended with a pedestrian killed
The crash happened at about 8:50 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2025, at Blake Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn. The official record says a 57-year-old woman pedestrian was killed and no other injuries were recorded.
The official record says the pedestrian was at the intersection and crossing with the signal when the driver of an SUV was making a left turn. The Daily News, citing police, identified the pedestrian as Janet Henriquez and reported that Megan Martin was driving a Nissan Pathfinder eastbound on Blake Avenue while attempting to turn left onto Pennsylvania Avenue.
The driver was arrested three months later
The Daily News reported that police arrested Megan Martin, 30, three months after the fatal crash. The article did not list specific charges in the excerpt reviewed for this page.
Pennsylvania Avenue has seen repeated harm since 2022
The crash occurred at Blake Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC’s location context for Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn recorded 1,682 crashes, 1,190 injuries, 37 serious injuries and 7 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.