3 Pedestrians Killed In Brooklyn Car Crashes This Weekend: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY — Three pedestrians were killed in separate crashes in Brooklyn this weekend, New York City Police Department officials said.

The first fatal crash was on Friday afternoon when 30-year-old Brian Irizarry was standing on the sidewalk at the corner of 4th Avenue and 60th Street in Sunset Park.

Irizarry lost balance and fell into the roadway, when a large cargo truck hit him, killing him on impact, police said.

The 53-year-old driver of the truck stayed on the scene and was transported to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in stable condition.

Then, on Saturday, at 3:45 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck at Flatbush Avenue and Hendrickson Place, which is on the border of Mill Basin and Marine Park, NYPD officials said.

Police said that on further investigation, they found that a 60-year-old man was walking southbound on Flatbush Avenue when he was struck by a 23-year-old driving southbound in a sedan and pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver remained on scene and was taken to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in stable condition, with minor head injuries, police said.

The name of the victim is being kept private until the family can be notified, officials said.

Then on Sunday at 9:49 a.m., a 65-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in front of 700 Columbia St. in Red Hook, NYPD officials said.

According to the NYPD, the victim, Shumi Izjaguev, was loading cargo into a parked box truck on Columbia Street when he lost his balance and fell into the road, where he was struck by the driver of a tractor-trailer who fled the scene after the crash.

Izjaguev was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead, cops said.

For each of the three crashes, no arrests have been made yet, and the incidents are under investigation by the NYPD, officials said.

In Brooklyn, there have been 63 traffic fatalities in 2024 so far, according to NYPD's public statistics. In 2023, there were 62 traffic fatalities in Brooklyn over the same period.

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