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Bed-Stuy Car Crash Leaves Bronx Man Dead, Police Say

Johnny Delain, a 56-year-old man from The Bronx, was killed when his car crashed in Bed-Stuy Monday night, said police.

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN -- A driver was killed after he suffered a "medical episode" and crashed his car into a row of parked cars Monday night, said police.

Johnny Delain, 56, lost control of his 2018 Ford Escape while near the corner of DeKalb and Kent avenues in Bed-Stuy at about 11:45 p.m., police said.

Medics rushed an unconscious Delain to Woodhull Hospital, but doctors were unable to save his life, said police.

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Delain, who hails from The Bronx, may have suffered from a heart attack before he crashed, a police source told the Daily News.

The investigation remains ongoing, according to police.

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