"A woman, 75, walking through a Brooklyn intersection was run down by a driver running a red light, police said. The woman was crossing the street around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night next to Sunset Park when she was struck, according to the police department. Officials said the woman was crossing at 7th Avenue and 41st Street. The driver of the SUV ran a "steady red light" and did not stick around after striking the woman, police said."
"Investigators believe the driver may have been behind the wheel of a silver SUV. Officials did not provide a more specific description of the car. Police identified the 75-year-old woman as Judith Byron, who lived around the corner from the intersection where she was killed. The police investigation is ongoing."
Judith Byron, 75, was killed after being struck by a vehicle while crossing 7th Avenue and 41st Street near Sunset Park in Brooklyn around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. The driver ran a steady red light in a vehicle believed to be a silver SUV and fled the scene. Officials say the driver did not remain after the collision and provided no further vehicle description. Investigators are pursuing leads into the hit-and-run. Byron lived around the corner from the intersection where she was killed. The police investigation is ongoing.
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