Police seek driver after fatal hit-and-run in Midtown West.
Police said a driver in a dark-colored SUV struck Lisette Guillen and continued driving; the official record logs one pedestrian killed at 3:41 a.m. on June 25, 2024, in Manhattan.
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What We Know
Police said a driver in a dark-colored SUV traveling east on West 58th Street struck Guillen while she was sitting in the roadway and continued driving. The official crash record places the crash at West 58th Street and Ninth Avenue at 3:41 a.m. on June 25, 2024; Patch and Streetsblog report Tenth Avenue instead. Police were seeking the driver.
Police said the driver continued after the collision.
Patch reported that police said a dark-colored SUV traveling east on West 58th Street hit Guillen while she was sitting in the roadway. Streetsblog also reported that the driver kept going after striking her. Patch said Guillen was pronounced dead at the scene and police were seeking the driver.
Reports give different ages for Lisette Guillen.
Patch and Streetsblog identified Guillen as 28; the official fatality record lists her age as 29. Patch reported that she lived in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.
The reports place the crash on different avenues.
The official crash record lists West 58th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. Patch and Streetsblog, citing police, place the crash at Tenth Avenue; Patch says it was near Mount Sinai West's emergency department. The cross-street accounts conflict, so the precise intersection cannot be reconciled from these sources.