Hit-and-run driver killed Lucia Grant at Queens intersection
A driver in a sedan fatally hit 47-year-old pedestrian Lucia Grant at North Conduit Avenue and 150th Street in Queens around 6:04 a.m., and police told the Daily News the driver did not stop.
What We Know
Lucia Grant, 47, was crossing 150th Street at North Conduit Avenue in Queens at about 6 a.m. on Nov. 23, 2024, when a driver hit her and did not stop, police told the Daily News. The city crash record lists one pedestrian killed and a sedan traveling west, going straight ahead, at 6:04 a.m. The official person record says Grant was at the intersection and crossing against the signal; the Daily News reported she was in the crosswalk. EMS took her to Jamaica Hospital, where she died. Her daughter told the Daily News that Grant, a home health aide, had been living near the corner after a fire destroyed her home the year before.
A driver hit a pedestrian before sunrise and did not stop
The crash happened at North Conduit Avenue and 150th Street in Queens at 6:04 a.m. on Nov. 23, 2024, according to the city crash record. The record lists one pedestrian killed and identifies the involved vehicle as a sedan traveling west and going straight ahead.
Police told the Daily News that Lucia Grant, 47, was crossing the intersection when a driver hit her and kept going. EMS took Grant to Jamaica Hospital, where she died.
The corner sits on a heavily traveled Queens corridor
The crash occurred at North Conduit Avenue and 150th Street, near Baisley Pond Park. Daily News accounts both placed the corner by the park, though one described the area as Kew Gardens Hills and another as South Jamaica.
CrashCountNYC’s location review for 150th Street in Queens counted 843 crashes, 539 injuries, 29 serious injuries and 3 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Grant’s family said she had been rebuilding after a fire
Grant’s daughter, Chassidy Moore, told the Daily News that Grant worked as a home health aide and had been living in a Holiday Inn near the intersection after a fire destroyed her apartment the previous year and left family members without their home.
Moore said the family had endured trauma, was beginning to come back together, and had been planning birthdays and Thanksgiving before Grant was killed.
Records cite lighting and signal factors while police sought the driver
The city crash record lists other lighting defects as a contributing factor for the sedan record. The official person record says Grant was crossing against the signal and lists pedestrian error or confusion.
The Daily News reported that police roped off the corner and searched for surveillance video that could help identify the driver who did not stop.
Witnesses described a busy corner and a sudden loss
Ram Patel, a gas station worker near the scene, told the Daily News he did not hear screams or the collision and learned what happened when a customer said a woman had been hit and people were helping her. Patel described the area as busy, with steady traffic on 150th Street.
Another passerby, Lloyd Singh, told the Daily News he was driving for morning coffee when he saw the intersection blocked and then learned of the fatal crash.