{"id":365014,"date":"2026-10-05T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365014\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:28:07","slug":"hit-run-driver-abandons-car-flees-with-his-license-plates-after-fatal-brooklyn-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/365014\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit-run driver abandons car, flees with his license plates after fatal Brooklyn crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

A hit-and-run driver removed the license plates from his wrecked car and ran off with them after sparking a Brooklyn crash early Monday that left one man dead and a woman clinging to life, according to police and local reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The still-on-the-loose driver was zipping south on Ocean Parkway in Midwood in a 2026 Audi A5 when he rear-ended a 2023 Toyota Camry near Avenue S about 12:10 a.m., cops said.<\/p>\n

The impact caused the Camry to spin around, slamming into the back of a southbound 2021 Toyota RAV4. The hit-and run driver\u2019s vehicle and the Camry both then jumped the curb and crashed into a tree.<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old man driving the Camry was rushed by medics to Maimonides Medical Center but could not be saved. His name was not immediately released.<\/p>\n

His rear-seat passenger, a 39-year-old woman, is in critical condition at the same hospital with neck and back injuries.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old man driving the RAV4 was treated at the scene for minor injuries.<\/p>\n

Both the Camry and the RAV4 are ride-share vehicles<\/a>, according to CBS News New York.<\/p>\n

Police sources told amNY that the Audi driver who sparked the crash ran off with his car\u2019s license plates<\/a>, leaving the wrecked luxury car behind. He has not been caught.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hit-and-run driver removed the license plates from his wrecked car and ran off with them after sparking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,10,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-365014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365014","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=365014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}