Overview

• Police say a Mercedes rear-ended a stopped Toyota Scion that had yielded to two women, pushing the Scion into the pedestrians.
• The victims were a 51-year-old woman who later died and a 34-year-old woman hospitalized with head and neck injuries.
• Firefighters used a jack to lift the vehicle and free a woman pinned underneath as Good Samaritans attempted CPR.
• Surveillance video and witness accounts corroborated the sequence of events, and both drivers remained at the scene.
• The crash occurred Saturday around 3:30 p.m. at Liberty Avenue and the Van Wyck Service Road, where neighbors recall a 2022 fatality.