UPDATE: Man struck dead while walking his dog in Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE — A man walking his dog in Bay Ridge was struck and killed by a car that witnesses and local officials said was speeding.
According to authorities, on Thursday, March 5, at around 7:05 p.m., Frank Decolvenaere was crossing from east to west in a marked crosswalk at Fourth Avenue and 101st Street against the pedestrian signal.
The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad stated that the driver, operating a 2011 Mercedes-Benz 350 sedan, was driving southbound in the right lane of Fourth Avenue approaching 101st Street when his car struck Decolvenaere and knocked him to the roadway. Decolvenaere was pronounced dead on the scene.