Tesla driver leaves after Brooklyn crash that killed cyclist
A block from her sister
A Tesla driver hit 32-year-old cyclist Alexandra Huggins at Meserole and Leonard streets at 2:36 a.m. on Sept. 27, 2025; police later arrested Luis Machado.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
A driver in a blue Tesla hit Alexandra Huggins as she biked through the intersection of Meserole and Leonard streets in Brooklyn at about 2:36 a.m. on Sept. 27, 2025. Police said the driver did not stop. Officers found Huggins unconscious, and she died at Woodhull Hospital. Huggins, 32, lived in Fort Greene and worked as a sommelier. In November, police arrested Luis Machado after detectives used surveillance footage and a license plate allegedly torn from his Tesla to identify a suspect.
The collision and its aftermath
Police said a driver in a blue Tesla hit Huggins while heading west on Meserole Street, then left without stopping. Officers found her unconscious and unresponsive. Emergency medical workers took her to Woodhull Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The official vehicle records also document damage to two parked SUVs. A later Brooklyn Eagle report said the impact threw Huggins into parked cars.
Meserole and Leonard streets
The collision happened at Meserole and Leonard streets in Brooklyn. The official record and two news reports describe Huggins biking south on Leonard Street while the Tesla driver headed west on Meserole. Patch instead described her as riding west on Meserole, although its report also placed her on Leonard Street.
Alexandra Huggins
Huggins was 32, lived in Fort Greene and worked as a sommelier.
An arrest after the driver left
Police arrested Luis Machado, 33, in November. The Brooklyn Eagle reported that detectives used surveillance footage and a license plate allegedly torn from his Tesla to identify the vehicle and a suspect.