Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Pedestrian on Pennsylvania Avenue
A 23-year-old unlicensed driver in a Cadillac hit a 62-year-old woman crossing Pennsylvania Avenue near Linden at 1 a.m. He drove straight; her head took the impact. She died there on the arterial, alone in the dark.
What We Know
A driver heading south on Pennsylvania Avenue near Linden Boulevard in East New York hit a 62-year-old woman at about 1 a.m. on March 8, 2022. The city crash record says she was crossing outside a signal or crosswalk area, and police accounts reported by amNY and the New York Post said she appeared to stumble or fall before the driver hit her. Medics pronounced her dead at the scene. Police said the driver left in a light-colored sedan; the official vehicle record describes a sedan with one occupant and lists the driver as an unlicensed man.
A driver hit the woman after she entered the roadway
Police told reporters the driver was traveling south on Pennsylvania Avenue near Linden Boulevard shortly before 1 a.m. when he hit the 62-year-old woman. The official record places the crash at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard and records one pedestrian death.
amNY reported that police said the woman was crossing mid-block and stumbled to the ground before the driver hit her. The New York Post similarly reported, citing police sources, that she stepped off the curb and apparently fell.
The woman died at the scene
Paramedics found the pedestrian in the roadway with severe head injuries, amNY reported, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities had not released her name while family notification was pending.
Police described a hit-and-run driver in a light-colored sedan
Police told amNY the driver left the scene in a light-colored sedan. The city vehicle record describes a sedan with one occupant, traveling south and going straight ahead before impact, and lists the driver as an unlicensed man.
Records focused on the crossing location and the driver’s departure
The city fatality record says the woman was crossing outside a signal or crosswalk area and lists a pedestrian factor. Press accounts added that police believed she stumbled or fell before the driver hit her. The strongest reported driver conduct was the driver leaving the scene after the fatal impact.
The crash happened on a wide East New York corridor
The crash was recorded near Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard in East New York. amNY described Pennsylvania Avenue around Linden Boulevard as a wide roadway with a narrow median, multiple traffic lanes in each direction, no marked crosswalks between intersections, and curb cuts serving auto shops and fast-food lots.
CrashCountNYC’s corridor context for Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn shows 2,223 crashes, 1,585 injuries, 64 serious injuries and 8 deaths since 2022.
Police were investigating the fatal hit-and-run
The New York Post reported that police were investigating the hit-and-run and that no arrests had been made at the time of publication.