Driver Hits and Kills Woman Exiting Taxi on Flatbush Avenue
A driver in a sedan hit a stopped SUV on Flatbush Avenue near State Street. A 45-year-old woman riding unbelted in the rear seat died from crush injuries to her chest. Night traffic, one car waiting, one driver plowing ahead.
What We Know
At about 11:04 p.m. on Feb. 28, a 45-year-old passenger was killed near Flatbush Avenue and State Street in Brooklyn. The city crash record lists the fatality as a woman riding in the right rear passenger position of a Cadillac SUV, with a Chevrolet sedan also involved. ABC7, citing the NYPD, reported that she had been riding in a black Cadillac taxi when she exited and a driver in a gray Chevrolet traveling southbound in the right lane hit her. First responders took her to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. ABC7 reported that both drivers remained at the scene, no arrests had been made, and the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
A passenger was hit after getting out on Flatbush Avenue
ABC7 reported that the woman was riding in a black Cadillac southbound in the middle lane of Flatbush Avenue when she exited near State Street. The city crash record lists the Cadillac SUV as stopped in traffic before the crash.
A driver in a gray Chevrolet traveling southbound in the right lane hit her after she exited, according to ABC7. The city record lists a Chevrolet sedan going straight ahead and a Cadillac SUV as the two vehicles involved.
The crash happened on a Flatbush Avenue corridor with a long injury record
The crash was recorded near Flatbush Avenue and State Street in Brooklyn, in the 11217 zip code.
CrashCountNYC’s streetwide review of Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn counted 2,981 crashes, 1,956 injuries, 125 serious injuries and 10 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The woman who died was a rear passenger
The official record identifies the person killed as a 45-year-old female passenger seated in the right rear of the Cadillac SUV. ABC7 reported that first responders took her to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The records describe a Cadillac and a Chevrolet
The city crash record lists a 2024 Cadillac SUV with three occupants and a 2024 Chevrolet sedan with one occupant. ABC7 described the Cadillac as a black taxi and the Chevrolet as gray.
Police said the drivers stayed at the scene
ABC7 reported that both drivers remained at the scene. The outlet also reported that no arrests had been made and that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.