Truck Driver Leaves After Fatal Eastern Parkway Crash
A truck driver heading east on Eastern Parkway hit a 69-year-old woman near Schenectady Avenue at 5:18 a.m. on Sept. 19, 2025, and police said the driver left before passersby called 911.
What We Know
A 69-year-old woman was killed at 5:18 a.m. on Sept. 19, 2025, at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn. The city crash record lists a male New Jersey-licensed driver in a 2019 Morning Star dump truck traveling east and going straight. Police told Brooklyn Paper that the eastbound truck driver hit the woman and left the scene; passersby called 911, and paramedics pronounced her dead there. Brooklyn Paper reported that police placed the woman in the crosswalk, while the city person record categorized her location as outside an intersection. Police were investigating and had made no arrests when the article was published.
What police and records say happened
Brooklyn Paper, citing police, reported that a truck driver heading east hit a woman at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue at about 5:20 a.m. and left the scene. Passersby called 911, and paramedics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
The city crash record lists the time as 5:18 a.m. and records one pedestrian death, with no other injuries reported. It identifies the pedestrian as a 69-year-old woman and lists the driver as traveling east and going straight.
The pedestrian’s location is described differently
Brooklyn Paper reported, citing police, that the woman was in the crosswalk at Schenectady Avenue. The city person record instead categorized the pedestrian’s location as outside an intersection.
Eastern Parkway at Schenectady Avenue
The fatal crash was recorded at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC’s Eastern Parkway corridor profile counted 2,111 crashes, 1,422 injuries, 85 serious injuries and 7 deaths along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn since 2022.
Brooklyn Paper reported that local residents described Eastern Parkway as a busy, dangerous thoroughfare and cited CrashMapper data showing three deaths in 32 crashes at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue over the previous five years.
Truck details in the record and press account
The city vehicle record lists a 2019 Morning Star dump truck operated by a male driver licensed in New Jersey. Brooklyn Paper reported that Gothamist described the truck as an 18-wheeler.
Investigation and listed factors
The city crash record lists view obstructed or limited as a contributing factor, and one vehicle entry also lists oversized vehicle. Brooklyn Paper reported that police were seeking surveillance footage to identify the license plate and that no arrests had been made when the story was published.
Witnesses and neighbors reacted at the scene
Brooklyn Paper reported that police blocked the intersection for several hours while investigators worked. Residents quoted by the outlet described fear and frustration about speeding on Eastern Parkway and urged the driver to turn themselves in.