Driver fatally strikes 75-year-old woman near her Brooklyn home before fleeing, police say
Police are looking for an SUV driver who ran a red light and fatally struck a Brooklyn woman just steps from her home over the weekend, according to NYPD officials.
Officials said 75-year-old Judith Byron was crossing Seventh Avenue at 41st Street in Sunset Park with a walk signal around 9:30 p.m. when the driver blew through a “steady red light” and hit her. Police said the driver, who had been going northbound, fled the scene after the collision.
Byron lived down the block from where she was killed, according to the NYPD. Police said early Monday they did not yet have a specific description or license plate number for the SUV, but noted it was possibly silver.
At least three other pedestrians have been killed in traffic crashes so far this year in the
The data also shows police have issued 970 summonses for disobeying red lights in the precinct so far this year, up from 938 by the end of September last year.
This is a developing story based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.
