SUV driver fatally struck woman in Queens bike lane, police say
Police told the Daily News that a driver in a dark-colored SUV struck a woman in the northbound bike lane on 99th Street near 57th Avenue in Corona at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and continued north without stopping; she later died at a hospital.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police told the Daily News that a woman was standing in the northbound bike lane on 99th Street near 57th Avenue in Corona at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when a driver in a dark-colored SUV struck her. The driver continued north on 99th Street without stopping. The report said it was not clear whether the driver knew he had hit anyone. Medics took the woman to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where she later died; police estimated she was in her 60s or 70s. No arrests had been made when the article was published.
The driver continued north without stopping.
Police told the Daily News that at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, a woman was standing in the northbound bike lane on 99th Street near 57th Avenue in Corona when a driver in a dark-colored SUV struck her. The driver continued north on 99th Street without stopping.
The report said it was not immediately clear whether the driver knew he had hit anyone.
She later died at a hospital.
Medics took the woman to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where she later died, police told the Daily News. Police believed she was in her 60s or 70s. No arrests had been made when the article was published.
The age was initially reported as an estimate.
The Daily News reported that police believed the unnamed woman was in her 60s or 70s. City records reviewed November 5 list an 83-year-old killed pedestrian. The early estimate and city age record differ; neither identifies her by name.
Where
99 ST and 57 AVE