Scooter rider dies after Fillmore Avenue crash in Brooklyn
A man riding an electric stand-up scooter was killed at Fillmore Avenue and E. 38th Street, where police told the Daily News he collided with a Toyota Sienna driven by a 70-year-old woman and then a parked Chrysler minivan.
What We Know
On Sunday morning, a man riding an electric stand-up scooter was involved in a fatal crash at Fillmore Avenue and E. 38th Street in Brooklyn. The city crash record says one person was killed and lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the rider. Police told the Daily News the rider was traveling west on Fillmore Avenue when he collided with a 2015 Toyota Sienna being driven north on E. 38th Street; police said he was thrown into the Sienna and then into a parked Chrysler minivan. Medics took him to Mount Sinai Brooklyn, where he died. The Daily News reported that the Sienna driver, a 70-year-old woman, stayed at the scene, was not injured, and no arrests were made. The record lists the rider as 42, while the Daily News account says he was 41.
Police described a crash involving a scooter rider and two minivans
The city crash record places the fatal crash at 11:49 a.m. on Dec. 21, 2025. The Daily News, citing police, reported that the rider was traveling west on Fillmore Avenue around 11:51 a.m. when he collided with a 2015 Toyota Sienna being driven north on E. 38th Street.
Police said the rider was thrown into the Sienna and then into a parked Chrysler minivan. City records list one person killed and no other injuries.
The rider died after being taken to the hospital
Medics took the scooter rider to Mount Sinai Brooklyn, where he died, according to the Daily News. The public crash record lists the person killed as a 42-year-old male driver of an other motorized device; the Daily News account, citing police, described him as a 41-year-old man riding an electric stand-up scooter.
The Daily News reported that the Sienna driver was a 70-year-old woman who remained at the scene and was not injured.
Records and police accounts use different vehicle descriptions
The city record lists a westbound standing scooter, a northbound 2015 Toyota station wagon or sport utility vehicle, and a parked 2002 Chrysler station wagon or sport utility vehicle. The Daily News identified the rider’s device as an electric stand-up scooter and described the Toyota Sienna and Chrysler as minivans.
The city record cites speed by the rider
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the scooter rider. The Daily News reported that police made no arrests.
Fillmore Avenue has seen repeated crashes since 2022
The crash happened at Fillmore Avenue and E. 38th Street in Brooklyn.
CrashCountNYC’s location context for Fillmore Avenue in Brooklyn counts 142 crashes, 111 injuries, seven serious injuries and one death on the corridor since 2022.
No arrests were reported
The Daily News reported that the Toyota Sienna driver stayed at the scene and that police made no arrests after the crash.