Driver arrested after fatal East Flatbush crash
Police said Tony Wallace was driving east and struck westbound rider Mamadou Oury Diallo, 34, near Clarendon Road and East 35th Street; the official record lists one person killed there at 12:24 a.m. on July 5, 2025.
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What We Know
Police accounts say Tony Wallace was driving east on Clarendon Road when he struck Mamadou Oury Diallo, 34, who was riding west near East 35th Street. The crash record lists one person killed at 12:24 a.m. on July 5, 2025. News reports say Diallo was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, where he was pronounced dead, and Wallace was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. The detailed vehicle record calls Diallo's 2024 Fengyuan a moped, while the collision summary and news reports call it a motorcycle.
Police accounts describe travel in opposite directions.
Police accounts reported by amNewYork and Patch say Wallace was driving east on Clarendon Road in a 2019 Alfa Romeo when he struck Diallo, who was traveling west on the same street. News 12 also reported that Wallace was driving the Alfa Romeo and Diallo was riding a motorcycle.
The official vehicle entry for the eastbound station wagon or SUV lists a lane change before the crash and records improper passing or lane use and failure to keep right as contributing factors. The detailed vehicle record identifies the Fengyuan linked to Diallo as a 2024 moped, while the collision summary and news reports describe it as a motorcycle. News reports identify Wallace's vehicle as a 2019 Alfa Romeo; the official vehicle entry classifies it as a station wagon or SUV.
Diallo was taken to a Brooklyn hospital.
News 12 and Patch report that Mamadou Oury Diallo, 34, was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, where hospital staff pronounced him dead. AmNewYork also reports that paramedics took him there. Patch described Diallo as a Harlem man.
Wallace was arrested and charged.
News reports say Wallace remained at the scene and was taken into custody. News 12 reported that he was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. AmNewYork and Patch reported that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad continued investigating.
Where
CLARENDON RD and E 35 ST