Dump truck driver in fatal Crown Heights scooter crash
Police said a 68-year-old man driving a dump truck collided with 45-year-old Melba Jordan as she rode north on Franklin Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pacific Street in Crown Heights; Jordan later died.
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What We Know
A 68-year-old man driving a dump truck collided with Melba Jordan, 45, at Franklin Avenue and Pacific Street shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to police accounts reported by the Daily News and News 12. The Daily News said Jordan was riding north as the southbound driver turned right onto Pacific Street; News 12 reported that surveillance video showed a red dump truck turning toward the intersection moments before the collision. The Daily News said medics took Jordan to Kings County Hospital in critical condition and she could not be saved; News 12 said she later died at a nearby hospital. The driver remained at the scene, and investigators were continuing their work.
Accounts describe the moments before the collision
The Daily News, citing law enforcement, reported that Jordan was riding north on Franklin Avenue as a southbound dump-truck driver turned right onto Pacific Street shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday.
News 12 reported that surveillance video showed a red dump truck turning toward the intersection moments before the collision. The outlet said bystanders then rushed toward Jordan as traffic behind the truck stopped.
Jordan lived in Boerum Hill
Melba Jordan was 45 and lived in Boerum Hill, about two miles from the crash site, police told the Daily News.
The driver stayed at the scene as investigators continued
The Daily News reported that medics took Jordan to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, where she could not be saved. News 12 said she was taken to a nearby hospital and later died from her injuries.
The 68-year-old driver remained at the scene and was not injured, the Daily News reported. The newspaper said no charges were immediately filed; News 12 reported that no arrests had been made. Both outlets said the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad was continuing to investigate.
Where
Franklin Avenue and Pacific Street, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY