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Mercedes driver arrested after fleeing NYC crash that left teen killed, 4 others injured

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Published Aug. 18, 2023
Updated Aug. 18, 2023, 11:56 a.m. ET

An 18-year-old woman was killed and four others hurt in an early Friday two-car crash in Brooklyn — which ended with the arrest of a fleeing Mercedes driver, cops said. 

A Honda sedan and Mercedes-Benz sedan collided outside the Trader Joe’s at Court Street and Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill just before 3:30 a.m., police said. 

A smashed-up vehicle at the scene of the crash at Court Street and Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill.
A white Honda on the sidewalk at Court Street and Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill. Seth Gottfried for NY Post
The black Mercedes at the scene on Friday morning.
The black Mercedes at the scene on Friday morning. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

The Mercedes driver, a 25-year-old man, got out of the car and ran off after the smash-up — but responding police caught up to him and he was cuffed nearby, police said.

EMS workers remove a victim on a stretcher from the scene of the crash at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street.
An injured woman was rushed to the hospital. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

The 18-year-old, who was riding in the Honda, was taken to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. 

The other occupants of the Honda — a 32-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man — were taken to the same hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said. 

A 24-year-old woman who was riding in the Mercedes was also hospitalized with minor injuries.

Police speak to a man at the scene of the double car crash.
Charges are pending against the Mercedes driver, a 25-year-old man, police said. Seth Gottfried for NY Post
FDNY firefighters are seen at the scene of the crash at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

Charges are pending against the Mercedes driver, authorities said. 

The NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad is working to determine the cause of the crash, and the directions the vehicles were heading.

The two vehicles crashed on Atlantic Avenue and Court Street in Cobble Hill.
The two vehicles crashed at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street in Cobble Hill. Ian Mohr/NY Post