Drivers fatally hit Queens mother; one fled Christmas night

A Christmas-night crossing ended in a fatal hit-and-run

The city crash record places the fatal crash at 111th Avenue and 158th Street in Queens at 9:33 p.m. on December 25, 2024. The record says a 45-year-old woman walking at the intersection was killed and lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.

The New York Post identified the woman as Antonina Freycinet and reported, citing authorities, that she was crossing 111th Avenue on her way to a grocery store when a westbound driver hit her and fled. Police told the paper that after she fell, a driver in a Ford Expedition hit her.

Freycinet’s son rushed to her side

The Post described Freycinet as a mother of three who was struck steps from her home toward the end of a family Christmas celebration. Her oldest son, Andrew Dasrath, told the paper he ran outside after hearing a crash, found his mother bleeding and tried to keep her breathing while they waited for an ambulance.

Police described two westbound drivers

The Post reported that the driver who first hit Freycinet was heading west on 111th Avenue and left the scene. Police told the paper that a second driver, in a Ford Expedition, hit her after she was knocked down.

The city crash record lists a 2021 Ford SUV traveling west with four occupants and another westbound vehicle entry with one occupant. Both entries list driver inattention or distraction.

She was taken to Jamaica Hospital

Freycinet was taken by ambulance to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, the Post reported. At the time of the article, the driver who left the scene had not been caught.