Brooklyn Teen Killed Crossing Busy Road Across from School

Rockaway Parkway, near the scene of this morning's accident, via Google Maps

"Streaks of blood marked Rockaway Parkway" in Canarsie this morning, where a 13-year-old girl was killed while trying to cross the four-lane road in the middle of the block, the Daily News reports. The unidentified teen was hit by a BMW at 7:50 a.m. while on her way to Canarsie High School. After running over the teen, the BMW, driven by an unidentified man in his 40s, crashed into several parked cars. "There was a large explosion and the girl was on the road," one witness said. "She was lying flat, head down."

The driver stayed at the scene until he was taken to Brookdale for trauma treatment, according to Streetsblog. Police say no criminality is suspected in the accident. "You always see kids cross the street where they have no business," Rita Bembridge, whose Nissan was struck by the BMW, tells the Daily News. "That's irrelevant. I feel bad for the parents."

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By John Del Signore in News on November 1, 2010 2:10 PM

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Petey

Or people just stand in the street waiting to cross in the middle of rush hour, with no care for anyone but themselves.

Yahtzee

Easy solution for this problem. Look both ways before crossing the street.

I can't tell you how many time a day I see grown men and women with their headphones in or talking on the phone....just walk into the middle of the street. Completely oblivious of anything else.

LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU CROSS THE FUCKING STREET AND THIS WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

MEDICNYC

How about showing some compassion instead of trying to turn this into some teachable moment or life lesson, you sick fuck? If it was your daughter who was killed and some shit bird said to you "well she probably should have looked both ways," you would be likely to kill said person.