Pickup driver killed cyclist at Brooklyn intersection, police said
Police said a pickup driver hit 29-year-old cyclist Paulina Tec Choc from behind at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street in Brooklyn, ran over her, and fled.
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What We Know
Police told the New York Post that Paulina Tec Choc, 29, was stopped on her e-bike at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street around 5:50 a.m. Tuesday when a driver in a 2006 Ford F-250 hit her from behind. Police said the hit threw her to the ground, the driver ran over her, and the driver fled. EMS took Tec Choc to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she died. The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was investigating, and the driver had not been caught by Wednesday.
Police said the driver hit her from behind and fled
Paulina Tec Choc, 29, was stopped on her e-bike at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street around 5:50 a.m. Tuesday when a driver in a 2006 Ford F-250 hit her from behind, police told the New York Post.
Police said the hit threw Tec Choc to the ground, the driver ran over her, and the driver left the scene.
The crash happened at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street
Police placed the crash at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street in Brooklyn.
Tec Choc died at Brookdale after severe injuries
Tec Choc, described by the New York Post as a Queens woman, suffered severe trauma to her head and body. EMS took her to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she died.
Police were still looking for the driver
The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. The driver had not been caught by Wednesday, according to the New York Post.