Crime & Safety

Bed-Stuy Pedestrian Killed By Teen Driving BMW: NYPD

Glen Fields, 61, died after a 19-year-old man drove into him late Monday as he walked across Bedford Avenue, police said.

A fatal pedestrian crash late Monday is under NYPD investigation.
A fatal pedestrian crash late Monday is under NYPD investigation. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A man walking across a Bed-Stuy street died after a 19-year-old plowed into him with a BMW, police said.

Glen Fields, 61, was fatally struck late Monday along Bedford Avenue near Fulton Street, authorities said.

He tried to cross Bedford about 11:55 p.m. when a man, 19, in a 2007 BMW drove into him, police said. The driver stayed behind as NYPD officers and medics responded and found Fields unresponsive in the street.

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Doctors at Kings County Hospital later pronounced Fields dead, authorities said.

The crash remains under investigation, police said.

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