A Brooklyn man was killed in a high-speed chain-reaction crash near Spring Creek Park in Howard Beach on Tuesday night.
Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision on the Belt Parkway and 79th Street at around 11:12 p.m. and found a 25-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive with trauma to the body. EMS responded to the scene and rushed him to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said Wednesday. He was later identified as Nicolas Blagovisny of Stuart Street in Sheepshead Bay.
Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that Blagovisny was behind the wheel of a 2024 BMW X5 SUV traveling in the right lane of the eastbound Belt Parkway at a high rate of speed when he attempted to change lanes from the right lane to the center lane where he stuck to driver’s side rear of a 2024 Acura Integra, driven by a 45-year-old man. Blagovisny veered to the right, striking the guard rail along the south side of the roadway, causing his SUV to go airborne and then strike a tree, causing his fatal injuries.
A 21-year-old man riding in the passenger seat of the BMW was transported by EMS to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, police said. The Acura driver was not injured and remained at the scene. The investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad remains ongoing.
