Dump truck driver left after fatal Brooklyn pedestrian crash
City records show a pedestrian was killed at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street, and police told reporters a 49-year-old dump truck driver hit the man while turning and left the scene.
What We Know
A man died after a dump truck driver hit him near Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn early on March 1, 2025. City records list one pedestrian death and say the pedestrian was at the intersection crossing with the signal. Police accounts reported by Gothamist and the Daily News said the 49-year-old driver turned from Woodpoint Road onto Withers Street as the man crouched to pick up food, then left the scene. The official crash record and press accounts disagree on key details, including the time, the pedestrian’s age and the truck’s direction and turn movement. No arrests or charges had been announced in the reviewed reports.
The crash happened in the early morning
The official crash record places the collision at 3:21 a.m. on March 1, 2025, at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn, with one pedestrian killed and no other injuries recorded. The Daily News and Gothamist reported police accounts that placed the crash closer to 4 a.m.
Police told reporters the driver of a Mack dump truck had been traveling north on Woodpoint Road and turned right onto Withers Street before hitting the man. The official vehicle record differs, listing the truck as traveling east and making a left turn.
Woodpoint Road and Withers Street
The fatal crash was recorded at Woodpoint Road and Withers Street in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC location context for Withers Street in Brooklyn shows 57 crashes, 17 injuries, one serious injury and one death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Police had not publicly named the pedestrian
The official crash record lists the pedestrian as a 42-year-old man. Gothamist reported that police were working to identify a man in his 20s, while the Daily News also reported that police were still trying to determine his identity.
The official record says the pedestrian was at the intersection and crossing with the signal. Gothamist and the Daily News reported police accounts that the man crouched or knelt to pick up food shortly before the driver hit him.
Records and police accounts point to different details
City records list pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor while also recording that the pedestrian was crossing with the signal. Police accounts reported by Gothamist and the Daily News focused on the driver’s turn and the man crouching to pick up food.
The driver left, and investigators continued the case
Police told reporters the 49-year-old driver left the scene. The Daily News later reported that police located and interviewed him, and that he said he had been unaware he hit someone. The reviewed reports said no arrests or charges had been announced.
Neighbors quoted by the Daily News described a large police response and the shock of the fatal crash on a block they considered generally quiet at night.