Driver of white Audi sought in hit and run, dragged pedestrian several blocks

January 7, 2025 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Pedestrians cross Delancey Street as congested traffic from Brooklyn enters Manhattan over the Williamsburg Bridge, March 28, 2019, in New York. Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP

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FLATBUSH — A 64-YEAR-OLD MAN was killed on New Year’s Eve after having been dragged about half a mile, according to the NYPD. Police responded to a 911 call placed around 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31 regarding a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian struck at the intersection of Linden Boulevard and Nostrand Avenue, within the 67th Precinct. Officers found the man, identified as Michael Foster of Fort Greene, lying on the roadway with severe trauma to the head and torso. EMS responded to the location and determined the man had died at the scene. NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that the man had been panhandling in the roadway near Flatbush and Caton avenues within the 70th precinct when a white Audi Sedan traveling eastbound on Caton Avenue struck the male and dragged him for approximately half a mile. The male then became dislodged from the vehicle but the still-unidentified driver of the vehicle did not remain at the scene as required by law. The driver has not been apprehended or arrested.

NYPD TrafficStat figures for the 67th Precinct where first-responders found the deceased pedestrian did not reflect this incident as the report covered the period from Dec. 23-29, nor did TrafficStat data for the 70th Precinct during that same week. The 67th Precinct’s CompStat figures through Jan. 5 showed no traffic fatalities, while the 70th Precinct’s CompStat for the same period showed one traffic fatality.

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