{"id":107982,"date":"2026-01-22T01:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107982\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T01:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:04:35","slug":"car-wash-worker-critically-injured-by-suv-driven-by-co-worker-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107982\/","title":{"rendered":"Car wash worker critically injured by SUV driven by co-worker in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

A worker at a Brooklyn car wash was severely injured after a co-worker struck him with a customer\u2019s car on Wednesday, cops said.<\/p>\n

The injured man, 27, was wiping down a Toyota Sienna at Golden Touch Car Wash,<\/a> on Fourth Ave. near First St. in Park Slope<\/a>, when his co-worker, 37, sitting in the driver\u2019s seat of the SUV, unexpectedly accelerated around 10:54 a.m., cops said.<\/p>\n

The SUV lurched forward, striking the victim and a light pole, before plunging out onto Fourth Ave., where it T-boned a northbound Toyota Prius sedan, according to police and witnesses.<\/p>\n

\"AA worker at a Brooklyn car wash was severely injured after a co-worker struck him with a customer’s car on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Obtained by Daily News)<\/p>\n

A worker at a nearby construction site<\/a> looked on as the horrifying crash occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe struck one of his co-workers,\u201d said the the 54-year-old hard hat, who declined to share his name. \u201cHe must\u2019ve slipped off the brake pedal and hit the gas. The other guy was bending down to get the Armor All to do another car. He hit him and then he hit the pole.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe dragged him to the pole.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim struck his head as he was thrown to the pavement, according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

\"GoldenGolden Touch car wash on Fourth Ave. near First St. in Brooklyn is pictured Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2025, after a car wash worker was reportedly struck by a vehicle (pictured) at the location. (Emma Seiwell \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was out,\u201d said the construction worker. \u201cHe had a big hole in his head. You could actually see his brain.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s co-worker appeared shaken as he was led back into the car wash, where the victim\u2019s father also works, the construction worker said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The driver] was messed up,\u201d he said. \u201cThey took him in the office right away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe father seen his son get killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GoldenGolden Touch car wash on Fourth Ave. near First St. in Brooklyn is pictured Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2025, after a car wash worker was reportedly struck by a vehicle at the location. (Emma Seiwell \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Medics rushed the victim to Methodist Hospital<\/a> in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The impact from the SUV sent the sedan crashing into a white Access-a-Ride van also traveling north on Fourth Ave., witnesses said.<\/p>\n

The drivers of all three vehicles were uninjured in the crash, cops said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A worker at a Brooklyn car wash was severely injured after a co-worker struck him with a customer\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":{"0":"post-107982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-city","12":"tag-county","13":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-new-york-county","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-nyc-crime","22":"tag-sub-county-region"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}