Traffic & Transit
29-Year-Old E-Scooter Rider Killed In Brooklyn Crash: Cops
The man was knocked off his scooter by a car and then run over on Fulton Street, police said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A 29-year-old man was killed over the weekend when he was hit riding his e-scooter in Brooklyn, according to police.
The man was riding his e-scooter down Fulton Street around 2:20 a.m. Saturday when a man driving a Hyundai Elantra that had just turned onto the street from Hoyt Street ran into him, police said.
The e-scooter rider fell off his scooter and was then run over by the car, police said.
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He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The 42-year-old Hyundai driver and his 26-year-old passenger, who refused medical attention, stayed at the scene of the crash, police said.
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There were no arrests in the incident as of Monday morning.
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