Garbage truck driver struck rider in fatal Brooklyn crash
A 20-year-old garbage-truck driver struck a 26-year-old rider while turning right onto Flushing Avenue, police told Yahoo; the official record places the fatal crash at Flushing and Bushwick avenues at 9:36 a.m. on June 13, 2025.
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What We Know
A 20-year-old garbage-truck driver was turning right onto Flushing Avenue when he struck a 26-year-old rider, according to police reporting cited by Yahoo. The official record places the collision at Flushing and Bushwick avenues at 9:36 a.m. on June 13, 2025, and records one death. Yahoo says medics took the rider to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition, where doctors pronounced him dead. The crash record and Yahoo describe the rider's vehicle as a moped, while El Diario describes a motorcycle. DSNY said the truck had been produced for its fleet but not yet delivered, and that its driver was not a city employee.
A right turn at Flushing Avenue
The crash record places the collision at Flushing and Bushwick avenues in Brooklyn at 9:36 a.m. on June 13, 2025, and records one person killed. It lists the garbage-truck driver's vehicle as traveling west and making a right turn, and the moped rider's vehicle as traveling west and going straight.
Police told Yahoo that both were traveling west on Bushwick Avenue around 9:30 a.m. when the 20-year-old truck driver turned right onto Flushing Avenue and struck the rider. Yahoo reported that medics took the 26-year-old rider to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition, where doctors pronounced him dead.
The truck had not yet been delivered to DSNY
DSNY said the garbage truck had been produced for its fleet but had not yet been delivered. A spokesperson said the department believed the truck was being driven between two vendors' facilities. DSNY said the driver was not a city employee.
Descriptions of the rider's vehicle differ: the crash record lists a moped, Yahoo describes a gas-powered moped, and El Diario describes a motorcycle.
Police continued investigating
Yahoo reported that police said the truck driver remained at the scene. At the time of the report, no arrests had been made, and police were withholding the rider's identity pending family notification.
Where
FLUSHING AVE and BUSHWICK AVE