"A hit-and-run driver in a massive SUV killed a pedestrian on a busy Lower East Side corner on Thursday night, police said. According to the NYPD, the pedestrian, whose name and age was not released, was crossing Stanton Street in the crosswalk when the driver of the SUV turned right from Clinton Street directly into her. The driver kept going. EMTs took the badly injured woman to Bellevue Hospital, where she died."
"This year, in just the 30-square-block Lower East Side, there have been 478 reported crashes, injuring 235 people, including 60 cyclists and 46 pedestrians, according to city stats. Overall in the city, between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15, there were more than 77,000 reported crashes, injuring 45,456 people, according to city stats. Doing the math, that means there are more than 223 reported crashes every day in this city, and 130 people are injured every single day."
A hit-and-run driver in a large SUV fatally struck a pedestrian at a busy Lower East Side corner after turning right from Clinton Street into a person crossing Stanton Street in the crosswalk. The driver fled the scene. EMTs transported the badly injured woman to Bellevue Hospital, where she died. In the 30-square-block Lower East Side this year there have been 478 reported crashes injuring 235 people, including 60 cyclists and 46 pedestrians. Citywide from Jan. 1 to Dec. 15 there were more than 77,000 reported crashes injuring 45,456 people, averaging over 223 crashes and 130 injuries per day. Separately, an 88-year-old man struck by a Lexus on Dec. 2 died on Dec. 16; the driver has not been charged and the investigation is ongoing.
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