Hit-and-run driver hit Queens mother in fatal Christmas crash
A westbound hit-and-run driver hit 45-year-old Antonina Freycinet at 111th Avenue and 158th Street on Christmas night, and the official record says a pedestrian was killed there at 9:33 p.m.
What We Know
Antonina Freycinet, 45, was crossing 111th Avenue near 158th Street in Jamaica around 9:30 p.m. on Christmas night when a westbound motorist hit her and drove off, authorities told the Post. Police said the impact knocked her to the ground and that she was hit a second time; the Post reported the second vehicle was a Ford Expedition. The city crash record for 9:33 p.m. at the intersection records one pedestrian death, no other injuries, two westbound operators going straight, and driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. The Post reported Freycinet was steps from home, on her way to a grocery store after a family Christmas gathering.
A Christmas-night crossing turned fatal
The official record places the crash at 9:33 p.m. on Dec. 25, 2024, at 111th Avenue and 158th Street in Queens. It records one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Authorities told the Post that Antonina Freycinet was crossing 111th Avenue near 158th Street when a westbound motorist hit her and drove off. Police said she was then hit a second time, and the Post reported that police identified the second vehicle as a Ford Expedition.
Antonina Freycinet was steps from home
The Post identified the pedestrian as Antonina Freycinet, a 45-year-old mother of three who was on her way to a grocery store after a family Christmas celebration.
Her oldest son, Andrew Dasrath, told the Post he ran outside after hearing a crash, found his mother bleeding, and tried to keep her breathing while waiting for an ambulance.
Records and police describe two westbound operators
The city record describes two westbound operators going straight before the crash and lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. The Post reported that the first driver had not been caught as of Dec. 26 and that police had no immediate information about that driver or the vehicle.
111th Avenue has a recent record of serious harm
The crash happened at 111th Avenue and 158th Street in Jamaica, Queens.
CrashCountNYC's location review for 111th Avenue in Queens counted 445 crashes, 290 injuries, 13 serious injuries and 4 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
She died at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
The Post reported that Freycinet was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was declared dead. The paper said the ambulance took five to ten minutes to arrive after her son found her.