SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF S.U.V. AT BROOKLYN CHURCH KILLS ONE IN FATAL ACCIDENT; FOUR OTHERS INJURED AND TAKEN TO BROOKLYN HOSPITAL

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Brooklyn injury attorney)

On Sunday March 7, 2010 at 2:45 PM in the parking lot outside Pyeong Ahn Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, a 40 year-old woman was killed and four people injured when an S.U.V. Suddenly backed up into them. The four others hurt by the car were, two of whom are children, were taken to Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn.

After hitting the five people, the car crashed into a fence at the back of the parking lot, then struck a church van. The vehicle, a black 2010 Mercedes, was driven by a 72-year-old man who dropped off his passengers at the church. After the accident he remained at the scene. No arrests are expected; authorities are treating this occurrence as an accident.