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Joie Sellers, 12, killed and 2 people critically injured in pedestrian crash with stolen van in Brooklyn on July 2.

Modified Date: 
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:36am
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

NYPD seeking suspect in crash involving stolen vehicle; 1 killed, 2 injured

The NYPD says 26-year-old Robert Decarlo of Brooklyn fled the scene after he allegedly struck the three as they walked on the sidewalk Wednesday afternoon.

Police: Driver Strikes Mom, 2 Kids In Brooklyn; 1 Girl Dead

The driver fled on foot, police said. The van remained at the scene for hours afterward, with its passenger-side wheels off the ground and perched partially aloft by a fire hydrant underneath.

SUSPECT ARRESTED IN FLATLANDS HIT-AND-RUN THAT LEFT CHILD DEAD, 2 CRITICAL

Through his attorney, Robert DeCarlo, 26, arranged to turn himself in at a local precinct in Brooklyn just before 2 p.m. Police want to talk to DeCarlo after the driver of a stolen minivan crashed into a mother and her two daughters on Flatlands Avenue and East 46th Street around 5 p.m. Wednesday.

A driver of a stolen minivan lost control Wednesday and struck a mother and two children on a sidewalk in Flatlands, Brooklyn, killing one of the girls, police said.

As CBS 2′s Dave Carlin reported, police and witnesses said the driver fled the scene on foot after the accident.

The accident happened around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday at Flatlands Avenue and 46th Street in Brooklyn, police said. The driver of an allegedly stolen Dodge Caravan lost control just past Schenectady Avenue, jumped the sidewalk, and hit the the 38-year-old mother and two girls — ages 9 and 12 — who were waiting at a bus stop, police said.

Witnesses said the driver of the minivan to flip.

“He took the turn and the car flipped because he hit the hydrant, and the impact caused the van to flip, and it just landed on these little girls,” said witness Jason Harricharan.
A witness photo showed neighbors running to the scene to try to get the victims out from under the van.

Type: Pedestrian Accident
People Involved: 
Joie Sellers
Robert Decarlo
Roadway: 
Flatlands Avenue and 46th Street
City: 
Brooklyn, NY
County: 
Kings County, NY
Area: 
New York, NY

Comments

Submitted by Gillian on Thu, 07/03/2014 - 8:42pm
She died and you can't even spell her name right. Her name was Joie. Not Joey. She was in my class.

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