Police sought driver after fatal Rockaway Parkway hit-and-run
A southbound driver struck 91-year-old Margie Salter on Rockaway Parkway at about 6:50 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2022, and continued driving, according to ABC7; the official crash record lists one pedestrian killed.
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What We Know
ABC7 reported that Salter was walking from her Bayview Houses home toward Key Food when a southbound driver struck her and continued driving. Streetsblog, citing police, reported that investigators sought the driver of a light-colored sedan and that Salter died at Brookdale Hospital on Jan. 1.
A trip to a nearby grocery store
ABC7 reported that Salter was walking across Rockaway Parkway toward Key Food when a southbound driver struck her and continued driving.
Near Skidmore Avenue
Streetsblog placed the crash just north of Skidmore Avenue on Rockaway Parkway. ABC7 reported that Salter lived in the Bayview Houses in Canarsie, across the parkway from the Key Food she was walking toward.
Police sought the driver
Streetsblog, citing police, reported that officers were seeking the driver of a light-colored sedan. The same report said Salter was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where she died on Jan. 1.
ABC7 reported that Salter's family asked the driver to turn himself in and that the NYPD declined to comment on the investigation's progress.