Dump-truck driver in fatal Crown Heights scooter collision
Police said Melba Jordan, 45, died after a collision at Franklin Avenue and Pacific Street, where reports said a 68-year-old dump-truck driver was turning while Jordan rode an electric scooter north shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Police said Melba Jordan, 45, was riding a standup electric scooter north on Franklin Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday when she was involved in a collision with a dump-truck driver at Pacific Street in Crown Heights. The Daily News reported the driver was a 68-year-old man in a 2007 Peterbilt dump truck who was southbound and turning right onto Pacific Street. News12 reported surveillance video showed the driver in a red dump truck turning toward the intersection moments before the collision, followed by bystanders rushing toward Jordan. Medics took Jordan to a hospital in critical condition, and she later died. Police said the driver stayed at the scene. No charges or arrests had been reported, and NYPD collision investigators continued to investigate.
A northbound scooter ride ended at a turning truck driver
Police said Melba Jordan was riding a standup electric scooter north on Franklin Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday when the collision happened at Pacific Street in Crown Heights.
Accounts were not identical on the precise impact. The Daily News described the driver of a 2007 Peterbilt dump truck hitting Jordan, while also reporting that Jordan collided with the southbound truck as the driver turned right onto Pacific Street. News12 described the event as a collision with a dump truck and reported that surveillance video showed the driver in a red dump truck turning toward the intersection moments before bystanders rushed toward Jordan.
Melba Jordan died after being rushed to a hospital
Jordan, 45, lived in Boerum Hill, about two miles from where she was fatally injured, the Daily News reported. Medics took her to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, and police later said she could not be saved.
News12 reported that Jordan was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition and later died from her injuries.
The crash was reported at a Crown Heights corner
Both news reports placed the collision at Franklin Avenue and Pacific Street in Crown Heights. The Daily News reported that the dump-truck driver had been traveling south on Franklin Avenue and turning right onto Pacific Street as Jordan rode north on Franklin Avenue.
The driver stayed, and investigators continued their work
Police said the 68-year-old driver was not injured and remained at the scene. The Daily News reported that no charges were immediately filed, while News12 reported that no arrests had been made. Both outlets said the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
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