{"id":185719,"date":"2026-04-04T21:55:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/185719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:55:42","slug":"moped-rider-clings-to-life-after-grisly-brooklyn-crash-with-suv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/185719\/","title":{"rendered":"Moped rider clings to life after grisly Brooklyn crash with SUV"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unidentified moped rider was clinging to life Saturday after a grisly crash<\/a> in Brooklyn, in which pieces of his mangled vehicle tore a hole in the victim\u2019s skull, according to police and horrified witnesses.<\/p>\n

Cops were trying to identify the man on the moped, who had no identification on him when he crashed into an SUV near the corner of Hinsdale St. and Pitkin Ave. in Brownsville around 5:20 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

The moped rider was traveling west on Pitkin Ave. when he struck the driver\u2019s SUV, which was traveling south on Hinsdale St.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

The NYPD Highway Patrol investigates a moped crash on Hinsdale St. and Pitkin Ave. in Brownsville, Brooklyn, on Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

EMS rushed the victim to Brookdale University Hospital<\/a>, where he remained in critical condition but wasn\u2019t expected to survive.<\/p>\n

Sources with knowledge of the incident said that a piece of debris from the crash hit the victim, leaving him with a hole in his head. A police spokesman confirmed the victim suffered severe head trauma during the crash.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old SUV driver remained at the scene. No arrest was immediately filed.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

A shoe is seen on the street after a moped crash on Hinsdale St. and Pitkin Ave. in Brownsville, Brooklyn, on Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unidentified moped rider was clinging to life Saturday after a grisly crash in Brooklyn, in which pieces…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185720,"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-185719","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\/185719","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=185719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}