Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Hits Woman on Jamaica Avenue
A driver in a dark-colored sedan fatally hit a 58-year-old pedestrian at 155-10 Jamaica Ave. in Queens on March 11, then left the scene, according to police reports and the official crash record.
What We Know
Official crash records place the crash just after 3 PM on March 11, 2026, near 155-10 Jamaica Avenue in Queens, and list a westbound sedan going straight before impact. The pedestrian was a woman listed as 58, crossing at an intersection, and she was killed; records list improper passing or lane use and unsafe speed for the driver. Police told news outlets the driver left the scene in a dark sedan, and ABC7 and the New York Post reported the driver was in the Jamaica Avenue Busway, restricted to buses and trucks during posted hours.
Official Crash Data
Collision ID
4884596
Date
March 11, 2026
Time
3:06 p.m.
Location
155-10 Jamaica Ave, Queens
Borough
QUEENS
Fatalities
1
Pedestrians killed
1
Vehicles listed
Sedan
Contributing factors listed
Passing or Lane Usage Improper, Unsafe Speed
A westbound driver left after the collision
Police told reporters the woman was crossing Jamaica Avenue near Parsons Boulevard around 3 p.m. when a driver in a dark-colored sedan, traveling west, hit her and left the scene. The official record places the crash at 155-10 Jamaica Ave. at 3:06 p.m. and records one pedestrian death.
The Daily News reported that medics took the woman to Jamaica Hospital after emergency workers performed CPR at the scene. Gothamist and ABC7 also reported that she was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
The woman’s age and identity were reported differently
The official crash record and several news outlets described the pedestrian as a 58-year-old woman. The New York Post identified her as Suzanne Schmeider, 57, and quoted her daughter, Sydney, saying the family was trying to move forward while the police investigation continued.
Early police accounts reported by the Daily News and Gothamist said officials were withholding the woman’s name while family notification was pending.
Jamaica Avenue has a long crash record
The crash was recorded at 155-10 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica, Queens, near the Social Security Administration building and Parsons Boulevard. ABC7 and the New York Post reported that the driver was in a bus-and-truck-only section of Jamaica Avenue.
CrashCountNYC’s Crash Finder counted 2,156 crashes, 1,442 injuries, 77 serious injuries and 6 deaths on Jamaica Avenue in Queens from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Records and witnesses pointed to speed and lane use
The city vehicle record listed the driver’s sedan as traveling west and going straight ahead before the crash. It recorded improper passing or lane usage as a contributing factor, and the vehicle record also listed unsafe speed.
The New York Post reported that a security guard said the driver sped through a light, hit the woman, hit a bus and continued. The Post also reported that a nearby store owner said drivers tend to speed on Jamaica Avenue after crossing Parsons Boulevard.
The driver had not been arrested in early reports
Gothamist reported the day after the crash that police had made no arrests. The New York Post reported on Friday that the fleeing driver remained at large and that the investigation was continuing.