Good Morning, Brooklyn: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
SCOOTER MOTORIST KILLED ON BELT PARKWAY: A tragic early-morning collision yesterday claimed the life of a 41-year-old scooter operator. Police and EMS personnel responding to a 911 call of a vehicle collision on the eastbound Belt Parkway at exit 5, within the 62nd Precinct, discovered a 41-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive lying in the roadway with head and body trauma, who was pronounced deceased at the scene. The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that the victim was ejected from the scooter, was then struck by a dark colored vehicle travelling eastbound on the Belt Parkway who did not remain on scene.
Another eastbound motorist driving a 2020 Hyundai Tucson also struck the victim but remained on the scene.
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