Colton calls for investigation after fatal bus crash
Woman, 81, was killed on Bensonhurst corner
In the wake of a fatal accident involving a city bus at a Bensonhurst intersection, a Southwest Brooklyn lawmaker is calling for a full investigation of all the circumstances that could have led to the tragedy.
Assemblymember William Colton (D-Coney Island-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) called the accident that killed pedestrian Yu Qing Chen “extremely sad and outrageous.”
Chen, an 81-year-old Bensonhurst resident, was crossing the intersection of Bay Parkway and Stillwell Avenue at on the night of Sept. 5 when she was struck by a B6 bus making a right-hand turn from Bay Parkway onto Stillwell Avenue.