Chevrolet driver fatally injures woman at Flatbush Avenue and State Street.
A 29-year-old driver in a Chevrolet Malibu fatally injured 45-year-old Trisha Chiriboga at Flatbush Avenue and State Street in Brooklyn late Feb. 28, 2025, according to police accounts; the official record puts the crash at 11:04 p.m.
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What We Know
Police accounts reported by local outlets differ on whether Chiriboga was opening the vehicle's rear door or had stepped out when the southbound Chevrolet driver hit her. The official record puts the crash at Flatbush Avenue and State Street at 11:04 p.m. on Feb. 28, 2025; reports said responders took her to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Reports differ on what happened immediately before impact.
At 11:04 p.m. on Feb. 28, 2025, a crash at Flatbush Avenue and State Street killed one person, according to the official record. It lists a station wagon or SUV stopped in traffic and a southbound sedan going straight.
Brooklyn Paper, citing police, reported that Chiriboga opened the rear passenger-side door of a 2024 Cadillac stopped at a red light before a 29-year-old man driving a Chevrolet Malibu hit her. ABC7's police account described her riding in a black Cadillac traveling south in the middle lane and said she exited before a gray Chevrolet driver hit her in the right lane. News 12 reported that she stepped from a black SUV into the rightmost lane and was hit by a gray Malibu driver. The official record lists the SUV as stopped in traffic.
Local reporting identified the woman as Trisha Chiriboga.
Brooklyn Paper identified Chiriboga as a 45-year-old Brooklyn resident. The official record classifies the person killed as a passenger.
Both drivers remained at the scene as the investigation continued.
ABC7 and Brooklyn Paper reported that both drivers remained at the scene. ABC7 said responders took Chiriboga to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. As of March 4, Brooklyn Paper reported no arrests and an ongoing NYPD Collision Investigation Squad investigation; News 12 said neither driver had been charged.
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FLATBUSH AVE and STATE ST