A man died of his injuries following a tw0-car crash in Brooklyn on Sunday night.
According to police, at 9:51 p.m. on April 12, officers from the 60th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision between two cars at the intersection of Avenue Z and Ocean Parkway. Upon their arrival, officers found 30-year-old Mohammed Rafaq in his 2005 Hyundai Elantra with trauma throughout his body.
An investigation found that Rafaq was driving westbound on Ocean Parkway when he ran through a red light at the intersection at Avenue Z. As he went through the intersection, Rafaq hit a 2014 Infiniti QX6, operated by a 30-year-old man, which was headed northbound on Avenue X. As a result, the Infiniti struck a pole at the intersection before both cars came to rest.
Rafaq was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he died of his injuries on April 13. EMS treated the driver of the Infiniti at the scene, but he refused further medical attention.
The investigation is ongoing.
