A driver fled after the first of two strikes in a Queens fatal crash.
Christmas
The New York Post reported that a westbound driver struck Antonina Freycinet, 45, and drove away before a second strike involving a Ford Expedition; the official record lists one pedestrian killed at 9:33 p.m. on Dec. 25 at 111th Avenue and 158th Street in Queens.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
A westbound driver struck Antonina Freycinet, 45, as she crossed 111th Avenue near 158th Street in Jamaica, then drove away, according to the New York Post. The paper reported a second strike involving a Ford Expedition. The official record counts one pedestrian killed in the Dec. 25 crash at 9:33 p.m.; the Post placed it around 9:30, while FOX 5 said police found her around 9:35. Her son, Andrew Dasrath, told the Post he ran outside after hearing the crash and tried to keep her breathing. Both outlets reported that she was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.
Reported vehicle makes
- Ford — accepted press report
Make information is incomplete for the vehicles involved in this crash.
The New York Post described two strikes.
The Post reported that Freycinet was crossing 111th Avenue near 158th Street in Jamaica on her way to a grocery store when a westbound driver struck her and drove away. It said the impact knocked her down and described a second strike involving a Ford Expedition.
The official record lists the crash at 9:33 p.m. on Dec. 25, 2024, at 111th Avenue and 158th Street in Queens, and counts one pedestrian killed. The Post placed the crash around 9:30 p.m.; FOX 5 reported that police found her near the intersection around 9:35 p.m., with no vehicle at the scene.
Her son ran outside to help.
Freycinet was a mother of three, and the crash came near the end of a family Christmas celebration, the Post reported. Her oldest son, Andrew Dasrath, 20, told the paper he heard a crash, ran outside, found her bleeding and tried to keep her breathing while waiting for an ambulance. The Post and FOX 5 reported that she was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.
The reports describe the Ford differently.
The Post identified the vehicle involved in the second strike as a Ford Expedition. The official record lists a 2021 Ford as a station wagon or sport utility vehicle among two vehicle entries, but it does not connect that entry to either position in the Post's sequence.
Police were investigating a suspected hit-and-run.
The official record lists driver inattention or distraction for both vehicle entries; it does not assign either entry to a strike in the Post's account. The Post reported that the driver involved in the initial strike had not been caught by publication, while FOX 5 said the NYPD Highway Crash Investigation Squad was working on the case.
Where
111 AVE and 158 ST