One Dead, One Arrested in Apparent DWI Crash

FLATBUSH [ABC] — An apparent drunk driver sideswiped a vehicle, killing a 25-year-old yeshiva student in the Midwood section of Brooklyn.

The victim’s Mercury Sable, headed north on Ocean Avenue, was struck by a southbound Volkswagen Passat just after 11:30 p.m. Monday night.

An ambulance rushed Moshe Berkowitz to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The 23-year-old driver of the other vehicle and his female passenger were taken to Kings County Hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.

Detectives believe the driver was drunk, and charges are pending.

Berkowitz was a yeshiva student at Yeshiva Ohr Yitzchok in Flatbush.

11 Comments