Wrong Way Driver Dies In Brownsville Crash, NYPD Says

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — A Long Island man died after he sped down a Brownsville street in the wrong direction and crashed into another car Wednesday morning, said police.

Oladele Adaramola, 58, was driving his 2008 Nissan SUV in the wrong lane on Linden Boulevard when he crashed with a commercial Ford van near Rockaway Avenue around 4:10 a.m., police said.

Adaramola, of Valley Stream in Long Island, had been driving east in the westbound lane, said police.

Police officers who rushed to the accident found Adaramola unconscious and the 73-year-old van driver with minor injuries.

The van driver was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition and Adaramola was rushed to Brookdale Medical Center where he later died, said police.

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