Recent severe crashes

1. SUV Driver’s Bad Lane Change Kills Moped Rider 2025-07-05T00:24:00+00:00
   CLARENDON RD
   A driver in an SUV changed lanes on Clarendon Road and hit a 34-year-old moped rider, killing him overnight in Brooklyn. One bad move, one man gone for good.
   According to the police report, a driver in an SUV changing lanes on Clarendon Road at East 35th Street hit a 34-year-old man riding a moped overnight in Brooklyn. The moped rider was ejected and died from crush injuries to his chest. Police recorded “Passing or Lane Usage Improper” for the SUV driver. No other injuries were detailed in the report.
2. Permit Driver Turns Left, Hits Woman 2025-04-12T21:27:00+00:00
   E 51 ST
   A 25-year-old permit driver turned left off E 51st at Clarendon and hit a 50-year-old woman crossing with the signal. Blood ran from her eye in the crosswalk under his pickup’s grille.
   A 25-year-old man driving a GMC pickup north on E 51st Street turned left at Clarendon Road and hit a 50-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal. According to the police report, she suffered severe bleeding from her eye and was listed as injured. The driver held only a learner’s permit and was not reported injured. The crash happened on a rainy Saturday night.
3. Driver Hits 61-Year-Old Cyclist, Head Bleeding on E 46th 2025-02-02T13:00:00+00:00
   E 46 ST
   A driver in a Honda sedan hit a 61-year-old man on a bike on East 46th Street near Foster Avenue. The rider was thrown and suffered severe head bleeding in the afternoon crash.
   According to the police report, a male driver in a Honda sedan traveling south on East 46th Street hit a 61-year-old man riding a bike eastbound near Foster Avenue around 1 p.m. in Brooklyn. The report states the cyclist was ejected and suffered a head injury with severe bleeding. Both the car and bike were recorded as going straight before the collision on a below-freezing Sunday afternoon.
4. Driver rear-ends Brooklyn family 2025-11-28T20:00:00+00:00
   AVENUE D
   On Avenue D at Kings Highway, an driver in a BMW hit a family’s Mercedes from behind. A 44-year-old father and his two kids left with neck, back, and arm pain after police say the trailing driver fell asleep.
   According to the police report, on Avenue D at Kings Highway in Brooklyn, a woman driving an unlicensed BMW sedan rear-ended a Mercedes sedan traveling in the same direction. The 44-year-old Mercedes driver, a 17-year-old girl, and an 11-year-old boy in the rear seats reported neck, back, and arm pain and were listed in shock. Police recorded that the unlicensed BMW driver fell asleep before impact.
5. Left-Turn Driver Leaves Back-Seat Pair Hurt 2025-11-20T16:30:00+00:00
   SCHENECTADY AVE
   A Jeep driver turned left off Schenectady onto Foster and another driver slammed into the SUV’s rear. Two back-seat passengers absorbed the hit — a woman with whiplash, a man with a head injury — while the drivers walked away.
   Two rear passengers were injured in East Flatbush when a 2016 Jeep SUV driver turned left from southbound Schenectady Avenue onto Foster Avenue and another driver hit the Jeep’s right rear quarter. According to the police report, a 36-year-old woman in the left rear seat reported neck whiplash and a 34-year-old man in the right rear seat reported an internal head injury.