79-year-old Brooklyn woman fatally struck by 2 drivers in double hit-and-run: NYPD
Police are searching for two hit-and-run drivers who allegedly struck and killed a 79-year-old woman crossing the street in Brooklyn Thursday evening. The crash prompted local elected officials and street safety activists toPolice said the victim, identified as Yvonne Sandiford, was crossing New York Avenue at Herkimer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant — just blocks from her home — around 6:30 p.m. when she was first struck by the driver of a gray Nissan Rogue SUV as they turned left onto the avenue.
No arrests have been made, and the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad continues to investigate the incident. In a statement Friday, Danny Harris, executive director of street safety advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, said the city must do more to Harris added that the intersection of Herkimer Street and New York Avenue, where Sandiford was killed, is “a known-dangerous area for senior pedestrians has received no safety upgrades.”
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