Brooklyn,, NY – A car driving through the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn Friday night, struck and killed a pedestrian who was crossing the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Bedford Avenue Approx. 8:50 PM. The 21-year-old driver of the Mitsubishi sedan remained on the scene.
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According to two witnesses, the victim 62-year-old R’ Elimilech Wiess, was heavily bleeding from the impact of the collision.
Hatzolah volunteers transported Weiss about 9:00pm to Bellevue Hospital, where he was r”l pronounced dead.
The NYPD of the 90th Precinct and NYPD Highway are investigating this accident, no charges have been filed.
He wasn’t killed by a car, he was killed by a *person* who hit him with a car. This habit people have of attributing deliberate action to cars and trucks implies a leniency on the responsibility of the driver.
Hashem Yishmor!!! BD”E. Is this the weiss from 253 Rutledge St.? (Klausenberg)???
BD”E…… what a lovely friendly godd tzadik he was!!! what a loss to all of us!!!
Bde such sad news.
Bd”e Will be remembered as a good and generous person who helped a close family member of mines in times of need!
in keeping with ushmartem es nafshoseychem this tragedy should serve as a wake up call to require everyone dressed in black to wear reflectors on their person.
BD’E. I was on Scene Nebech. Seeing a pile of Blood. Hashem should give for the Family the right Chizuk.
BDE – he wasn’t Crossing the Street, he was standing by the corner, and the car came fast and hit him.
BDE sad for the family, REFLECTOR REFLECTOR REFLECTOR I think its not being stressed enough in our community, I’m a driver and a walker, i dont wear reflecters , but when I was driving this week about 9pm and saw a man in black in front of my eyes it scared me.
I was there on scene…2 cars were Racing and when one tried to cut out the other one then he hit this imshildiga Yid who has a beautiful family in Williamsburg …lets hope will see justice here BDE
B”de what a loss!!!! hes was a great person he was a big askan. He helped lots of people very quietly. He did a lot for the Klausenberg kehilla & mosdos he was a farbrenter klausiberger chusid. should hashem give a lot of chizuk to his beautiful family ke”h
bde. he was such a speical man, had a heart of gold. nebach mein zol nisht visen fin ken tzar.
Nebech, a great Yid. From now on Yidden should either wear something reflective at night or STAY HOME.
BORUCH DAYAN EMMES what a great loss for klal yisruel
BD”E
So tragic.
I can’t look at this picture. We were neighbors. This is so heartbreaking. He was truly an Ish Chessed and a Samaech Bechelko. I think his face says a lot. He was the backbone of his beautiful family. He always walked in a quick pace and looked like he was gonna live till 120. So so so tragic that he went so quickly. BD”E.
WHAT CONFUSED PRIORITIES YOU PEOPLE HAVE. How dare you blame a niftar a day afterhis death; not even buried. There’s so much good to say about a man like this. This wasn’t an ordinary man albeite “williamsburgh chassidim” stressing the “vus a chilik, he’s a yid (meaning not a satmar chassid but something else nevertheless ) since you can only be one type of chassid there. LETS STAY FOCUSED and just slightly look into this mans life and you’ll realize that atleast before his burial there is so so much to say about him that will cause him to have an aliyas neshama. Instead of focusing or exposing our unprioritised/ secular mentality.
BD”E
As a neighbor, and yes a satmar chosid, I must say: this soul was more than just ordinary! The happy disposition seen on this picture is how I have seen him walk down the street, open his car, wherever he was, morning and night! I’m pretty new on the block and must say he is from the only ppl. I do know off my head!
bde its a very sad story,
im a car service driver in williamsburg i drive day and night in willy, i can only say one thing its nisem that so many people stay alive every day! reboina shell oilem… mothers with carriages walk in the street while its dont walk talking on the cell phone and dont even look if a car is coming… its scary how many times ive almost knocked off people, yidisha mommy: you have to understand 1 thing, when a car drives down bedford ave on 40mph and you walk in, in middle of the block in front of a park bus or double parked truck, (besides the fact that you first push out the carriage before you check if a car is coming) the driver will see you only the last second, and hopfully avoid hitting you, leaving the driver with his heart beating to the max for the next 20 min.
when a car makes a turn, he has to yield for pedestrians that are on the cross walk (which for them is walk at the time) but that doesnt mean that you dont have to look if a car is coming or not! ALWAYS when crossing make sure the driver sees you, even if its your right of way!! dont be right, be smart! i hope people will start doing something after these 2 stories latety. hashem yerachem!
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I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. And I realize that you perhaps did mean to be positive here. But I can’t help but feel that albeit you mention how your family respects klausenberg etc. etc. etc. I don’t believe it. I’m neither satmar , nor klausenberg but I grew up in that “Ir Hanidachat”. The intolerance for anyone that is not Satmar is palpable in the air. Even if you may have united with them on some stances such as the eiruv I still believe that your compassion and sympathy is for the ocurrance and tragedy that happens (which should be a compliment for you too) and not because you love the man or where he comes from. The poison that was instilled in the minds of students and chassidim belonging to your chassidus is something that sticks for generations. Like I’ve once heard someone saying: “It’s not a chassidus, it’s a mentality” . No matter if the small things are or aren’t with you anymore; wether your wearing peyos, a beard or a black hat or if you remained the way you were brought up; you become victims of a system that is almost impossible to alter or erase. Seeing what went on in that city from an outside point of view; not belonging to any of you I cansay it al