A woman died of her injuries after she was hit by a driver on an Upper East Side street early Monday morning.
According to police, at 6:37 a.m. on Jan. 24 the NYPD responded to a 911 call regarding a pedestrian struck at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and East 76th Street. Upon their arrival, officers found a 51-year-old woman unconscious and unresponsive with trauma to her head and body.
EMS rushed the victim to Lenox Hill Hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Her identity is being withheld pending family notification.
A preliminary investigation found that a 59-year-old woman was driving an Audi sedan on East 76th Street and when she went to turn right onto 3rd Avenue, she hit the victim. The driver remained at the scene and was not injured.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, police in the 24th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a pedestrian struck at the intersection of West 93rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side. Upon their arrival, officers found a 43-year-old woman unconscious and unresponsive with trauma to her head and body.
Paramedics rushed the victim, whose identity is also being withheld pending family notification, to St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center where she was later pronounced dead.
A preliminary investigation found that a 45-year-old man was driving a white Nissan van on Amsterdam Avenue when he made a left turn onto West 93rd Street when he hit the victim. The driver remained on scene and was not injured.
No arrests were made in either incident and the investigations remain ongoing.
Updated at 5 p.m. on Jan. 24.
