Timoshenko and his partner, Officer Herman Yan, had been driving in a marked 71st precinct police car on a routine patrol in Crown Heights, with Timoshenko riding as the passenger when they spotted a 2003 black BMW sports utility vehicle headed westbound on Lefferts Avenue at 2:30 am [REF].
Timoshenko was rushed to Kings County Hospital Center once medical personnel arrived at the scene [REF].