Man charged after fatal Brooklyn hit-and-run.

A driver left after striking a pedestrian.

The official record lists the crash at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn at 12:21 a.m. on May 17, 2025, and records one pedestrian killed. Police accounts reported that a westbound driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer struck a pedestrian and left the scene.

The Daily News reported that EMS took the pedestrian to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and that the pedestrian could not be saved. ABC7 and News 12 reported that the man was pronounced dead at a hospital.

News accounts describe the pedestrian crossing at the intersection. The official fatal-person record instead classifies the pedestrian's location as not at an intersection.

Reports differ on the pedestrian's details.

The Brooklyn Eagle identified the pedestrian as Frederick Solomon, 55, of South Williamsburg. The article's opening gives an age of 45, while its identification paragraph gives 55; the initial reports and official record also give 55.

The news reports describe the pedestrian as a man, while the official fatal-person record lists the pedestrian as female.

Reports describe the vehicle in different levels of detail.

Police accounts described a burgundy Ford Explorer traveling west on Fulton Street. The official record classifies the vehicle as a Ford station wagon or sport utility vehicle and also records westbound travel.

Police later charged a man in connection with the crash.

The Brooklyn Eagle reported that police arrested Raymond Campbell, 65, of East Flatbush, on July 14. It said police charged him with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, leaving the scene without showing a license or identification, and failing to report an accident.