Brooklyn, NY – Police are looking for the driver of a white minivan that they say struck and killed a woman in Brooklyn early Sunday morning.
The deadly collision happened around 12:30 a.m. near the corner of Ninth Avenue and 42nd Street in Borough Park.
Marlene Zotti was crossing the street mid-block while using a walker and carrying groceries, 1010 WINS’ Roger Stern reported. The van that struck her, which was traveling north on Ninth Avenue, fled, taking a right turn onto 42nd Street, police said.
Zotti, who was hit a half-block from her home, was rushed to Lutheran Hospital, where she died, police said.
As reported by Vos Iz Neias