BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A Brooklyn man has been arrested in connection with a January crash that killed a 62-year-old woman at a busy intersection in Sheepshead Bay, police said.
Ahmet Yildirim, 28, was charged with multiple offenses including failure to yield to a pedestrian resulting in injury, failure to yield, and failure to exercise due care. The charges stem from a deadly collision that occurred on Sunday, Jan. 21, at around 4:00 p.m.
According to the NYPD, the victim was crossing East 16th Street northbound from the southeast corner to the northeast corner of Avenue X when she was struck by a 2010 Ford pickup truck turning left from westbound Avenue X to southbound East 16th Street.
Responding officers found the woman suffering from head trauma. She was transported by EMS to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where she was later pronounced dead. Her identity has not been released pending family notification.
Driver remained at the scene
Police said Yildirim, the driver of the pickup truck, remained at the scene following the crash and was not injured. He was later arrested following an investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad.
The investigation into the crash remains ongoing, authorities said. No further details have been released at this time.