FDNY driver involved in fatal Brooklyn collision with motorcyclist
An FDNY driver responding to a fire with lights and sirens activated was involved in a collision that killed 30-year-old motorcyclist Valentin Ivancsuk at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U in Brooklyn at 11:54 p.m. on May 25, 2025, according to ABC7 and the official crash record.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
ABC7 reported that the driver of Engine 309 was responding to a fire with lights and sirens activated and traveling south on Flatbush Avenue while Ivancsuk rode west on Avenue U. The official record places the fatal collision at the intersection at 11:54 p.m. on May 25, 2025.
The drivers were traveling in crossing directions.
ABC7 reported that Engine 309's driver was responding to a fire with lights and sirens activated and traveling south on Flatbush Avenue as Ivancsuk rode west on Avenue U. ABC7 placed the collision at about 11:55 p.m.; the official record lists 11:54 p.m. on May 25, 2025.
The Daily News reported that the 49-year-old FDNY member driving the fire truck stayed at the scene. ABC7 reported that firefighters were checked out there.
The crash happened at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U.
The official record places the crash at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U in Brooklyn. ABC7 described the location as in front of Kings Plaza in the Marine Park section.
Reports differ on where Ivancsuk was pronounced dead.
ABC7 reported that Ivancsuk was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital; News 12 reported that he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Daily News said medics took him to Brookdale and he could not be saved.
ABC7 and News 12 identified Ivancsuk as a 30-year-old man, while the Brooklyn Home Reporter described the same named, 30-year-old rider as a woman. The Home Reporter reported that no arrests had been made and the NYPD investigation was ongoing; ABC7 reported that the FDNY's investigation was ongoing.