Driver arrested after fatal Clarendon Road motorcycle crash
A 34-year-old rider died after police said Tony Wallace drove east on Clarendon Road at E. 35th Street and hit Mamadou Oury Diallo just after midnight on July 5.
What We Know
Mamadou Oury Diallo, 34, died after a crash just after midnight on July 5, 2025, at Clarendon Road and E. 35th Street in Brooklyn. Police told amNY that Tony Wallace, 29, was driving a 2019 Alpha Romeo east on Clarendon Road when he hit Diallo, who was riding west on a black 2024 Fengyuan motorcycle. The official crash record lists one motorist killed, an SUV and a moped, and contributing factors of improper passing or lane use. Police said Wallace remained at the scene and was arrested on a charge of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
Police said the drivers were traveling in opposite directions
Police told amNY that Tony Wallace, 29, was driving a 2019 Alpha Romeo east on Clarendon Road when he hit Mamadou Oury Diallo, 34, who was riding west on a black 2024 Fengyuan motorcycle. The official record lists the crash at 12:24 a.m. on July 5, 2025, at Clarendon Road and E. 35th Street.
Mamadou Oury Diallo died at Kings County Hospital
Officers from the 67th Precinct responded after a 911 call, and paramedics took Diallo to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, where he was pronounced dead, amNY reported. The official record lists one motorist killed and no other injuries.
Wallace was arrested after remaining at the scene
Police said Wallace remained at the scene and was taken into custody. amNY reported that police arrested him on a charge of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and that the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was continuing to investigate.
Clarendon Road has seen hundreds of crashes since 2022
The crash happened at Clarendon Road and E. 35th Street in Brooklyn. Along Clarendon Road in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC location context shows 564 crashes, 507 injuries, 17 serious injuries and one death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.