Hit-and-run driver fatally hits woman on Pennsylvania Avenue
An unlicensed male driver in a sedan hit and killed a 62-year-old woman on Pennsylvania Avenue near Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn, and police told reporters the driver fled.
What We Know
A driver heading south on Pennsylvania Avenue near Linden Boulevard hit a 62-year-old woman at about 1 a.m. on March 8, 2022, police told reporters. The official crash record lists one pedestrian killed and no other reported injuries. Police said the driver was in a light-colored sedan and fled; the official record lists the driver as an unlicensed man in a 2007 Cadillac sedan. Reporters cited police saying the woman was crossing outside marked crosswalks and had stumbled or fallen before the collision.
Police described a fatal hit-and-run before dawn
The crash happened at about 1 a.m. on March 8, 2022, at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn. The official record lists one pedestrian killed: a 62-year-old woman.
Police told reporters that a driver traveling south on Pennsylvania Avenue hit the woman near Linden Boulevard and fled the scene. The New York Post reported that no arrests had been made at the time of its March 8 story.
The driver was in a sedan
The official crash record lists the involved vehicle as a 2007 Cadillac sedan traveling south and going straight ahead, with damage to the left front bumper and center front end. Police told amNY the driver was operating a light-colored sedan.
Records and police accounts point to a mid-block crossing
The official record places the pedestrian outside an intersection and describes her action as crossing without a signal or crosswalk. amNY reported that police said she crossed mid-block, and both amNY and the New York Post reported police accounts that she stumbled or fell before the driver hit her.
Pennsylvania Avenue meets a high-crash corridor
The crash location is at Pennsylvania Avenue and Linden Boulevard in East New York. CrashCountNYC’s location context identifies Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn as a corridor with 2,223 crashes, 1,585 injuries, 64 serious injuries and 8 deaths since 2022.
amNY reported design risks on the block
amNY described Pennsylvania Avenue near Linden Boulevard as a wide avenue with at least two lanes of traffic in each direction, a narrow median and no marked crosswalks between intersections. The story also noted curb cuts for auto body shops and fast food lots along the corridor.