BK Man Nabbed In Deadly Bed Stuy SUV-Scooter Crash: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY - A Brooklyn man was charged this week in connection with a deadly crash in Bedford-Stuyvesant that killed a scooter rider last summer, authorities said.

Antonio Small, 22, of Flatbush, was charged with manslaughter, assault, reckless driving, speeding and related charges on Thursday afternoon in connection with the incident on Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Decatur Street, police said.

A preliminary investigation found that Small hit the victim with a 2020 Infiniti Q50S at about 4:27 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2023 while driving southbound on Marcus Garvey Boulevard towards Decatur Street.

As the Infiniti approached the intersection, it struck the side of the victim’s KSR Mito TTX scooter that was traveling eastbound on Decatur Street, police said. After the hit, the Infiniti continued southbound on Marcus Garvey Boulevard before coming to a stop.

The scooter driver was ejected from his vehicle and propelled into 144 Decatur St. where he sustained “severe trauma to his head and body,” police said. Medics rushed him toNYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County where he was pronounced dead.

Small stayed at the scene and didn’t report any injuries, police said. There were two additional passengers in Small’s Infiniti at the time of the crash, both of whom also did not sustain any injuries.