Hit-and-run driver kills pedestrian at Fulton and Washington
At 12:21 a.m. on May 17, 2025, police said a hit-and-run driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer fatally hit a 55-year-old pedestrian at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn.
What We Know
A 55-year-old pedestrian was killed early May 17, 2025, at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. The Daily News, citing police, reported that a hit-and-run driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer was heading west on Fulton Street and hit the pedestrian as the pedestrian crossed Washington Avenue. EMS took the pedestrian to New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where the pedestrian died. Public sources disagree on the victim's sex: the official crash record lists a female pedestrian, while the Daily News report described the victim as a man. The Daily News reported no arrests had been made.
Police described a fatal hit-and-run
The official crash record says one pedestrian was killed at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn at 12:21 a.m. on May 17, 2025. The Daily News, citing police, reported that a driver in a burgundy Ford Explorer was heading west on Fulton Street and hit the pedestrian as the pedestrian crossed Washington Avenue.
Witnesses told police the driver sped off without stopping, according to the Daily News.
Fulton Street has a long crash record
The crash happened at Fulton Street and Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. Along Fulton Street in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC records 2,325 crashes, 1,401 injuries, 78 serious injuries and 6 deaths since 2022.
The victim's public description differs by source
The official person record lists the pedestrian who died as a 55-year-old female pedestrian. The Daily News, citing police, described the victim as a 55-year-old man and reported that the name was not immediately released while police tracked down family members.
Records identify a Ford SUV
The official vehicle record describes the driver as heading west in a 2017 Ford SUV and going straight ahead, with right-front and front-end damage recorded afterward. The Daily News reported that police identified the SUV as a burgundy Ford Explorer.
EMS took the pedestrian to a hospital
EMS took the pedestrian to New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where the pedestrian died, the Daily News reported. The Daily News reported that no arrests had been made.