Brooklyn dad had found religion before fatally run over while wrestling with pal

A Brooklyn dada crushed by a container truck aft falling onto a roadway portion wrestling with a pal had precocious redevoted himself to his spiritual faith, stunned friends say.

Brian Irizarry, 30, was struck by a operator down the instrumentality of a 2020 International MV607 truck  adjacent Fourth Ave. and 60th St. successful Sunset Park astir 2:25 p.m. Friday. The truck’s wheels crushed his head, a witnesser told the Daily News.

“Brian’s life, though tragically brief, was filled with love, memories, and a deepening religion that brought him person to his household and God successful his last months,” a GoFundMe created to screen his ceremonial expenses and supply for his young lad reads.

“He was a devoted begetter whose top joyousness was spending clip with his lad and creating moments that small Danny volition cherish forever.”

Irizarry died astatine the scene. He lived successful East Flatbush, according to cops.

“In the past 5 months of his life, Brian recovered solace and spot successful his faith. He accepted Jesus Christ arsenic his Lord and Savior and attended religion regularly, embracing a beingness of intent and love,” the GoFundMe says. “Just recently, helium enjoyed a heartfelt travel to Atlanta, wherever helium was surrounded by family, laughter, and shared memories that volition present service arsenic a root of comfortableness to those who loved him.”

A witnesser told the Daily News Irizarry was drinking and rough-housing with a friend, who playfully shoved him disconnected the sidewalk. The pal realized excessively precocious that Irizarry fell into the way of the motortruck driver, who was going westbound connected 60th St., witnesser Xochitl Mejia said.

“He pushed his person conscionable arsenic the motortruck was coming,” Mejia said. “As helium fell, his person tried to drawback him and propulsion him back.”

The 53-year-old operator remained connected the scene. Medics took him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn successful unchangeable condition, cops said. He has not been charged with a crime.

As of Nov. 10, the metropolis has seen 96 pedestrian deaths, up from 82 past year. Pedestrian deaths accounted for astir 42 % of the city’s 227 postulation fatalities this year, according to NYPD data.