Driver Flees After Fatally Hitting Woman on Marine Avenue
A driver hit and killed 72-year-old Anne-Marie Wiesner on Marine Avenue in Brooklyn on November 16, 2023, then fled, while the official record places the collision at 6:38 p.m.
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What We Know
A driver hit Anne-Marie Wiesner as she crossed Marine Avenue in Brooklyn on the evening of November 16, 2023, and fled, according to police accounts. The official record places the fatal collision at 6:38 p.m. and records a moving sedan and a parked sedan. Officers found Wiesner, 72, beneath a parked car, and medics pronounced her dead at the scene. Witness Carlo told ABC7 that the driver accelerated after the impact. Police were still searching for the driver when the initial reports were published.
The driver left Wiesner beneath a parked car.
The official record places the collision on Marine Avenue at 6:38 p.m. on November 16, 2023. It records a northbound sedan traveling straight ahead and a second sedan parked nearby.
Police said a driver hit Wiesner as she crossed the avenue, causing her to land beneath a parked car. Officers found her there, and medics pronounced her dead at the scene. The driver fled.
A witness described the driver's departure.
Carlo, who told ABC7 he witnessed the collision, said, "He accelerated upon impact." ABC7 reported that police were searching for a black sedan.
Reports place the collision on Marine Avenue.
The official record places the collision on Marine Avenue in Brooklyn. The Daily News and Brooklyn Paper describe it as near 96th Street; Gothamist and ABC7 place it at or near 97th Street. News 12 reports that it happened outside 150 Marine Avenue.
Transportation Alternatives told Brooklyn Paper there was no crosswalk across Marine Avenue for nearly 1,100 feet from the site. Neighbors told News 12 that speeding on the street was common.
Wiesner lived close to the collision site.
Brooklyn Paper identified the woman who died as 72-year-old Anne-Marie Wiesner and reported, citing police, that she lived about a block from the collision site.
Police searched for the driver.
Gothamist reported on November 16 that police had made no arrests and that the NYPD's Collisions Investigation Squad was investigating. Brooklyn Paper reported the next day that police were still searching for the driver.