Brooklyn, NY – Surveillance video captured by a local business shows a car traveling nearly 100 mph before colliding with another vehicle making a turn in a Brooklyn intersection Monday evening, killing its driver and a female passenger.
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The footage posted by the NYDAILYNEWS.com (http://nydn.us/R32Ao8 )shows a speeding Nissan Maxima traveling south on Flatbush Ave. flash onto the screen momentarily before striking an SUV that was attempting to turn left onto Avenue U around 6:40 p.m.
A source with the NYPD said the 20 year-old unidentified male driver of the Nissan had a faint pulse at the scene, but was pronounced dead a short time later at Coney Island Hospital, while the unidentified female passenger traveling with him was decapitated on impact.
Police say the driver ran a red light and that the SUV had a green left turn arrow.
The two occupants of the SUV were treated at Kings County Hospital for minor injuries.
What a horrible way to die – especially the female. There is no way the driver could have stopped, since he was going at such a speed. What kind of lunatic drives like that on a major city street? A suicidal one?
Nebach–my heart goes out to the families of the those who were killed. What a horrible way to die.
so many stupid driver in new york. this crazy kid kill himself by driving 100 mph. barukh hashem the driver and pasenger he hit did not have more than minor injury shame on those that think new york city safe place to live. crazy people everywhere in that stupid place. barukh hashem i use my brain for good decision to live in new jersey and not dirty angry brooklyn