A Brooklyn man on Monday was sentenced to prison for a hit-and-run crash in Bushwick that killed a 29-year-old man and seriously injured three others.
Christopher Seabrook, 29, was sentenced to up to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
On January 8, 2024, at approximately 12:45am, Seabrook was driving a Kia Sportage at a high rate of speed southbound on Irving Avenue in Bushwick when he crashed into a Toyota Yaris traveling through the intersection at Stockholm Street. The force of the impact spun the Toyota into multiple parked vehicles, prosecutors said.
The crash killed 29-year-old Hayden Wallace, who was riding in the right rear passenger seat of the Toyota, and seriously injured the vehicle’s three other occupants. The surviving victims suffered numerous severe injuries, including fractured ribs, fractured clavicles, internal injuries and organ damage that required surgeries and lengthy hospital stays, according to prosecutors.
Following the collision, the defendant exited the Kia and fled the scene on foot before police and emergency responders arrived, according to the evidence. Video surveillance later tracked the defendant walking to a nearby smoke shop after the collision. He was arrested in February 2025 following an investigation, Gonzalez said.
“This defendant caused a catastrophic crash that killed a man and seriously injured three others, then fled the scene instead of helping the victims he left behind," Gonzalez said in a statement. "Hayden Wallace had recently moved to Brooklyn and was already building community here in the city when his life was tragically cut short. I hope today’s sentence brings a measure of justice and closure to his loved ones.”
