Driver Charged After East Flatbush Crash Kills Moped Rider
City records show one motorist was killed at Clarendon Road and East 35th Street, and police sources told amNewYork that Tony Wallace hit 34-year-old Mamadou Oury Diallo and was arrested after remaining at the scene.
What We Know
Just after midnight on July 5, 2025, a crash at Clarendon Road and East 35th Street in Brooklyn killed 34-year-old Mamadou Oury Diallo. Police sources told amNewYork that Tony Wallace was driving a 2019 Alpha Romeo east on Clarendon Road when he hit Diallo, who was traveling west on a black 2024 Fengyuan motorcycle. City crash data records Diallo as the driver of a 2024 Fengyuan moped and lists one motorist killed with no other injuries reported. Police said Wallace remained at the scene and was arrested on an aggravated-unlicensed-operation charge. The city crash record lists the Alfa SUV driver's license status as licensed, a point that differs from the reported arrest charge.
A midnight collision on Clarendon Road
The crash happened at 12:24 a.m. on July 5, 2025, at Clarendon Road and East 35th Street in Brooklyn. The city crash record lists one person killed and no other reported injuries.
Police sources told amNewYork that Tony Wallace was driving east on Clarendon Road when he hit Mamadou Oury Diallo, who was traveling west on the same street. Diallo was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County and pronounced dead.
The crash site was in East Flatbush
The collision occurred at Clarendon Road and East 35th Street, an intersection amNewYork identified as being in East Flatbush. The official record places the crash in Brooklyn's 11203 ZIP code.
The people identified in the crash
Mamadou Oury Diallo was 34. The official record lists him as the driver who was killed; amNewYork identified him as the motorcyclist taken from the scene to Kings County Hospital.
amNewYork identified the other driver as 29-year-old Tony Wallace of Snyder Avenue in Flatbush. Police said Wallace remained at the scene and was taken into custody.
Records describe a moped and an Alfa SUV
The press account described Diallo's vehicle as a black 2024 Fengyuan motorcycle, while the city crash record classifies it as a 2024 Fengyuan moped. The same record lists Diallo traveling west and going straight before the crash.
amNewYork reported that Wallace was driving a 2019 Alpha Romeo. The city crash record lists the other vehicle as a 2019 Alfa sport utility vehicle traveling east.
Lane use was listed as a factor
The city crash record lists improper passing or lane use as a contributing factor and also lists failure to keep right for the man driving the Alfa SUV. The record describes that driver as changing lanes before the crash.
amNewYork reported that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was continuing to investigate.
An arrest followed, with one record discrepancy
Police arrested Wallace on a charge of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, according to amNewYork. The official crash record, however, lists the Alfa SUV driver's license status as licensed.
Officers from the 67th Precinct responded after a 911 call, and police said no other arrests had been made as of the amNewYork report.