Hit-and-run driver kills 62-year-old on East New York 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
The fatal crash happened around 1 a.m. on March 8, 2022, at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn. The official record lists one pedestrian death and one sedan. Police told amNewYork and the New York Post that the driver was traveling south on Pennsylvania Avenue, hit a 62-year-old woman who was crossing the street, and fled. Reporters cited police accounts that she had been crossing mid-block and had stumbled or fallen before impact. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The official vehicle record lists the sedan’s driver as male and unlicensed.
Police said the driver left the woman in the roadway
The official record places the crash at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard at about 1 a.m. and records one pedestrian death. Police told amNewYork that the motorist was driving south on Pennsylvania Avenue near Linden Boulevard when he hit the 62-year-old woman as she crossed Pennsylvania Avenue.
A fatal crossing on a high-crash corridor
The crash was recorded at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC’s corridor context for Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn shows 2,223 crashes, 1,585 injuries, 64 serious injuries and 8 deaths since 2022.
The woman was 62 and crossing the avenue
The official record identifies the person killed as a 62-year-old female pedestrian. amNewYork reported that authorities had not released her name while they worked to notify her family.
Records and police accounts describe a sedan
Police told amNewYork that the driver was operating a light-colored sedan. The official vehicle record classifies the involved vehicle as a sedan, records left-front and center-front damage, and lists the driver as a male motorist without a license.
Investigators described a mid-block crossing and a fleeing driver
The official record places the pedestrian outside an intersection or crosswalk and lists a pedestrian-related contributing factor. amNewYork reported that police said she crossed mid-block and stumbled to the ground before the driver hit her; the New York Post similarly reported that police sources said she stepped off the curb and apparently fell. Both press accounts said the driver left the scene.