"The unidentified victim, who is believed to be in his 30s, was in the street near the corner of Linden Blvd. and Rockaway Ave. in Brownsville around 4:10 a.m. when he was hit by a driver, cops said. The vehicle sped off without stopping. First responders found the victim crumpled in the street. He was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital but couldn't be saved."
"Five blocks away on Thursday, 4-year-old Zachariah Padilla was fatally hit by a Ford SUV driver outside of Brookdale University Hospital on Rockaway Parkway and Linden Blvd. The little boy was struck after breaking away from his mother, Harmonie Wright, and darting into the street shortly after 11 a.m., cops said. Witnesses said the Ford driver kept going, and cops said he has not been caught."
"Standing outside her Brooklyn home on Friday, a devastated Wright struggled to understand how the driver who hit her child could be so uncaring. 'He just f-ing hit my kid then he ran over him,' she said bitterly. 'I lost everything!'"
A hit-and-run driver struck and killed an unidentified man in his 30s near Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville early Saturday morning. The victim was transported to Brookdale University Hospital but died from his injuries. Police are searching for surveillance footage to identify the driver. This incident occurred just five blocks from where 4-year-old Zachariah Padilla was fatally struck by a Ford SUV on Thursday after running into the street near the same hospital. The child's mother, Harmonie Wright, witnessed the collision and rushed her mortally wounded son to the hospital. The Ford driver fled the scene and remains at large. Both incidents highlight a dangerous pattern of hit-and-run collisions in the area.
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