Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 72-Year-Old on Marine Avenue
A driver in a dark-colored sedan hit and killed a 72-year-old woman on Marine Avenue on Nov. 16, 2023, then left as she lay beneath a parked car, police and witnesses said.
What We Know
A 72-year-old woman was killed while crossing Marine Avenue in Brooklyn on Nov. 16, 2023. The city crash record places the crash at 6:38 p.m. and lists two sedans: a northbound sedan whose driver was going straight and a parked sedan. News accounts, citing police and a witness, reported that the driver in a dark-colored sedan hit the woman, left the scene, and was still being sought that night. The articles differ on the nearest cross street and exact reported time, placing the call or crash near 96th Street or 97th Street between about 6:40 and 6:50 p.m.
A fatal hit-and-run on Marine Avenue
The city crash record says a 72-year-old female pedestrian was killed on Marine Avenue at 6:38 p.m. on Nov. 16, 2023. The record lists a northbound sedan whose driver was going straight ahead and a second sedan that was parked.
News reports, citing police, said a driver hit the woman while she was crossing and then left the scene. The Daily News reported that a witness saw the woman thrown and said the driver dragged her shopping cart for about 70 feet.
Reports placed the crash near different cross streets
The official crash record identifies Marine Avenue in Brooklyn as the crash location. The Daily News described the crash as near Marine Avenue and 96th Street in Fort Hamilton, while Gothamist reported a police call for a pedestrian hit at Marine Avenue and 97th Street in Bay Ridge.
The woman died at the scene
Gothamist reported that officers found the 72-year-old woman unresponsive beneath a parked car and that she had trauma to her head and body. Both reviewed articles said medics or police pronounced her dead at the scene.
A witness quoted by the Daily News said the woman “was just peacefully crossing the street” and described her belongings scattered after the crash.
The official record described her crossing outside an intersection
The official person record says the pedestrian was crossing with no signal or crosswalk and was not at an intersection. It also coded pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor. The reviewed news accounts focused on the driver leaving the scene after impact.
Police were still looking for the driver
Gothamist reported that no arrests had been made and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. The Daily News reported the same night that police were still searching for the hit-and-run driver.