A driver fatally struck a pedestrian on the Bruckner Expressway.
A 61-year-old driver in a 2019 Toyota Camry struck Shannon Campbell, 27, on the Bruckner Expressway, El Diario reported; the official record logs one pedestrian death there at 3:13 a.m. on July 20, 2022.
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What We Know
A 61-year-old driver in a 2019 Toyota Camry struck Campbell after she left a disabled vehicle on the Bruckner Expressway, El Diario reported. Police were investigating whether a second driver also struck her and fled; the official record lists one pedestrian death there at 3:13 a.m. on July 20, 2022.
The reported sequence began with a vehicle breakdown.
El Diario reported that Campbell, 27, was a passenger in a vehicle that broke down and stopped in the painted median. She got out and walked toward the right lane, where a 61-year-old driver in a 2019 Toyota Camry struck her. According to the report's account of NYPD information, the impact threw her northward into the center lane.
El Diario reported that paramedics pronounced Campbell dead at the scene and that the Toyota driver remained there, uninjured.
The crash happened near Barretto Street.
The official record places the crash on the Bruckner Expressway. El Diario located it near Barretto Street on the eastbound side, where the disabled vehicle had stopped in a painted median separating lanes and Campbell walked toward the right lane.
Police were investigating a possible second impact.
El Diario reported that police were investigating whether a second automobile also struck Campbell and fled the scene. The report said no arrests had been made and the investigation was ongoing.