Brooklyn Woman Struck, Killed by Cement Truck

A 68-year-old woman was hit and killed by a cement truck Jan. 7 in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the Brooklyn Paper reported. As evidenced in surveillance footage taken at the scene, the woman walking with a cane was crossing at a red light on Utrecht Avenue at the crosswalk between 48th and 49th streets at around 11:48 a.m. When the light turned green, the 48-year-old driver, apparently unaware that the woman was still in the crosswalk, accelerated into her.

First responders flocked to the rescue by the dozens but pronounced the victim dead. Authorities said the driver remained at the scene, and the New York City Police Department has made no arrests. Officials said the investigation is ongoing. According to the Brooklyn Paper’s research, 2019 saw 150 pedestrian collisions, but no fatalities, in Borough Park, making this the first such fatality in the neighborhood in over a year.

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