Recent severe crashes

1. Sedan driver plows into cyclist at Meserole 2025-09-27T02:36:00+00:00
   MESEROLE ST
   A westbound sedan driver hit a 32-year-old woman riding south on Leonard in the dead of night. She died in the street while two parked SUVs sat damaged beside her route.
   A driver in a sedan traveling west on Meserole Street hit a 32-year-old woman riding a bike south on Leonard Street in Brooklyn. She died from her injuries. Two parked SUVs were also damaged. The crash happened around 2:36 a.m. near Meserole and Leonard. According to the police report, both the driver and the rider were going straight before the impact.
2. Truck driver hits, kills man on Morgan 2025-08-06T07:58:00+00:00
   MORGAN AVE
   A box-truck driver going south on Morgan Avenue hit a 46-year-old man in the roadway by Maspeth Avenue. The man suffered fatal crush injuries to his head and died on the street.
   According to the police report, a 2018 box truck driven by a licensed man from Connecticut was traveling south on Morgan Avenue near Maspeth Avenue when it hit a 46-year-old man walking in the roadway outside an intersection. The pedestrian suffered fatal head crush injuries and was pronounced dead. The truck’s point of impact was listed as the right rear quarter panel. The vehicle was registered in Tennessee.
3. Dump truck driver kills man in crosswalk 2025-03-01T03:21:00+00:00
   WOODPOINT RD
   A dump truck driver turned left at Woodpoint and Withers and hit a 42-year-old man crossing with the signal. The oversized truck crushed him in the intersection. He died there on the street.
   At Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn, a dump truck driver making a left turn hit a 42-year-old man who was crossing the intersection with the signal. According to the police report, the right front bumper of the truck caused crush injuries to the pedestrian’s entire body, and he died from those injuries. The crash happened overnight, and the report identifies the vehicle as a large truck.
4. Manhattan Avenue driver tears off woman’s leg 2025-11-25T12:40:00+00:00
   MANHATTAN AVE
   A northbound sedan driver hit a 33-year-old woman off Grand Street on Manhattan Avenue. She lost part of her lower leg as parked SUVs took the rest of the crash.
   According to the police report, a man driving a 2016 Hyundai sedan north on Manhattan Avenue near Grand Street in Brooklyn hit a 33-year-old woman whom police recorded as a pedestrian not in the roadway. She suffered a severe knee and lower-leg injury with amputation noted. Two parked SUVs on the block were also damaged in the crash.
5. Man crushed beside parked freight truck 2025-11-16T11:10:00+00:00
   TEN EYCK ST
   On Ten Eyck a man worked a car. A parked freight truck loomed beside him. His whole body took the crush, and the record lists no driver at all.
   A 27-year-old man suffered crush injuries to his entire body while working on a car on Ten Eyck Street near Varick Avenue in Brooklyn late Sunday morning. According to the police report, he was listed as a pedestrian outside an intersection, pushing or working on a car. The only motor vehicle recorded was a parked 2012 Freightliner tractor truck with no occupants or damage noted in the file.