Speeding Car Hits Cop Vehicle At Accident Scene, 1 Dead: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY — A man stopped at the scene of a traffic accident on the Belt Parkway was killed when another driver smashed into a responding cop car early Monday, police said.

Peter Tse, 35, of Brooklyn was operating a BMW i8 that rear-ended a Honda Pilot in the left lane of the westbound road near exit 15, police said.

Tse and the operator of the Honda remained at the scene of the accident and NYPD officers responded to it at around 1:13 a.m., police said.

While the responding officers' marked NYPD vehicle was stopped in the left lane with its emergency lights activated, a 2019 Nissan Rogue "traveling at an apparent high rate of speed" collided with the rear of the police vehicle and struck Tse, who was standing next to his car, police said.

The hit sent Tse over the center guardrail and onto the roadway of the eastbound lane of the Belt Parkway, police said, and responding EMS personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Audrey Edmond, the 35-year-old operator of the Nissan Rogue, remained at the scene and was taken into custody, police said.

Edmond was arrested on charges of manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, and driving while ability impaired — alcohol. She also received a speeding violation.

No other injuries were reported, and the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad is investigating the incident.