Brooklyn man sentenced for fatal Bushwick hit-run crash
May 12, 2026
A Brooklyn man was sentenced after a fatal Bushwick hit-and-run crash killed one passenger and seriously injured three others.
A Brooklyn man was sentenced after a fatal Bushwick hit-and-run crash killed one passenger and seriously injured three others.
CYPRESS HILLS RESIDENT Ajahnni Triana, 30, on Wednesday was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide.
Miriam Yarimi earlier this month submitted a letter to the court claiming for the first time that she had lost consciousness while driving.
Video of the collision shows the cruiser slamming into the Subaru’s passenger-side front door with enough force to flip the SUV.
Caution tape blocked the area as inspectors worked to determine whether residents could return. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
At around 7:15 a.m., a 2017 Mercedes Benz northbound on Ridge Boulevard at 71 Street when the driver failed to navigate the roadway.
The crash occurred around 8:40 a.m. as the van traveled eastbound on Fillmore Avenue and struck another car.
Six firefighters, three drivers and four passengers were taken to local area hospitals and all of them were in stable condition.
An East New York man was sentenced for a high-speed crash in Downtown Brooklyn that killed a 21-year-old woman and injured three others.
LYNWOOD WILKERSON, AGE 65, was killed on Sunday while riding an e-bike after a collision with an ambulance near the Barclays Center.
“This is deeply alarming, especially given the deep meaning and history of the institution to so many in New York and around the world.”
A rabbi said his son had been in the building at the time but was able to lock himself and friends in the kitchen. They eventually evacuated.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHY A MAN REPEATEDLY SLAMMED HIS CAR into the Chabad World Headquarters on Eastern Parkway on Wednesday night.
Police said at 9 p.m., Rami Elsuwi was a passenger in a 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe when he crawled out of the vehicle through the rear window.
Investigators are expected to review the cause of the crash, including speed, road conditions and possible mechanical factors.
A 44-YEAR-OLD MAN was left in critical condition after being struck by a car while crossing a Crown Heights street late Monday.
SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER Miriam Yarimi, 33, will serve three to nine years under a plea deal for an Ocean Parkway crash.
A 71-year-old Brooklyn man, identified as Noach Klein, owner of Unique Sterling, was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a van.
POLICE ARE LOOKING for the driver of a Mercedes-Benz involved in a tragic chain-reaction crash that killed two people.
Two people were hospitalized after a rollover crash at Bedford Avenue and Union Street just before midnight Friday, fire officials said.
Moped driver killed in Williamsburg crash after collision with two vehicles; NYPD investigates, no arrests made.
A late-night crash between a car and an MTA bus left two people hospitalized in East Flatbush early Sunday, police said.
Tour bus returning from Niagara Falls crashes, killing several and injuring dozens; many passengers were tourists, some still trapped.
Joel Mota from Sunset Park was driving his moped with a male passenger, 21, south on Third Avenue when Leslie Moreno was driving.
A woman riding a motorcycle died after colliding with FDNY’s Engine 309 in Marine Park on Saturday, May 25.
A THREE-CAR COLLISION at Kingston Avenue and Crown Street around 5:20 a.m. on Tuesday injured multiple people.
A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN was fatally struck by a burgundy Ford Explorer with Pennsylvania license plates traveling westbound on Fulton Street.
LOCAL SENIOR LARRY Maxwell, age 72, of Dumont Avenue, was struck and killed in a hit and run at Sutter Avenue and Osborn Street on Saturday.
MENACHEM (Mendy) Raitport, 57, a respected Crown Heights kosher butcher, died in a three-vehicle collision on I-95 in Georgia on April 22.
A 61-YEAR-OLD MAN has passed away from injuries sustained in a car crash earlier this month, according to the NYPD.
A 57-YEAR-OLD Brooklyn man died after crashing his SUV into a tree on the Belt Parkway in South Ozone Park on April 21.
SHE ESCAPED RUSSIA after World War II, but Taibel Brod of Crown Heights, aged 99 according to her family, died Sunday from injuries.
Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arraigned during her first in-court appearance on an indictment charging her with multiple counts of manslaughter.
MIRIAM YARIMI, 32, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a March 29 crash on Ocean Parkway that killed a mother and two young children.
An NYC Buildings Department inspector on the scene told the Brooklyn Eagle that there was no structural damage to the building itself.
The driver who allegedly struck and killed two children and their mother and left one child injured made her first court appearance.