Overview
- The woman was crossing Stanton Street in a marked crosswalk when a large SUV turned right from Clinton Street and struck her, according to the NYPD.
- Emergency responders took her to Bellevue Hospital, where she died, and authorities have not released her name or age.
- The driver fled the scene, and police say no arrests or charges have been announced.
- City data show 478 reported crashes and 235 injuries this year in the 30-block Lower East Side, with more than 77,000 crashes and 45,456 injuries citywide through Dec. 15.
- Separately, police reported that 88-year-old Paul Rozenfeld, struck on Dec. 2 at E. 80th Street and First Avenue, died on Dec. 16, and that case also remains under investigation without charges.