NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – An 18-year-old man was killed when a speeding car crashed at an assisted living facility in Brooklyn late Thursday night, police said.
The 2021 Tesla sedan was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed when it plowed through a fence and crashed at Sunrise at Mill Basin senior living community on Strickland Avenue in Mill Basin around 11:45 p.m., police said.
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Jack Levy, of Brooklyn, who was in the rear, passenger-side seat of the Tesla, was killed, according to police.
The 22-year-old man driving the vehicle was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition with injuries to his right hand and leg.
Three other passengers in the vehicle also suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to Kings County or Brookdale hospitals. They included a 24-year-old man in the front passenger seat; an 18-year-old man in the middle, rear seat; and a 22-year-old man in the rear, driver-side seat.
Police believe the driver of the Tesla was speeding northbound on National Drive and failed to make a turn onto Strickland Avenue.
The Tesla then crashed through a metal fence and struck two garbage dumpsters before spinning around and plowing into a retaining wall, police said. The vehicle came to a rest in a driveway at the senior living facility.
No one at the facility was injured, according to police.
An investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been reported.
