"An 89-year-old woman was killed in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon when an SUV driver possibly having a stroke backed into her on the sidewalk, also injuring two other women standing near hear, cops said. The 86-year-old driver, who was operating a red Chrysler Town & Country SUV, suffered a medical episode and put his car into reverse, striking the elderly woman on the pavement around 12:51 p.m. near W. Fifth St. and Neptune Ave. in West Brighton, police sources said."
"EMS transported the woman to NYU Langone Hospital where she died. A 75-year-old woman and a 43-year-old woman were also struck in the incident. EMS transported both of them to NYU Langone Hospital, where they were in stable condition. The driver remained at the scene and was not arrested, and was later treated at NYU Langone, too, where he was in stable condition, cops said."
An 89-year-old woman was killed when a vehicle reversed into her on a Brooklyn sidewalk after the driver suffered a medical episode. The incident occurred around 12:51 p.m. near W. Fifth St. and Neptune Ave. in West Brighton. The driver, an 86-year-old man operating a red Chrysler Town & Country SUV, possibly experienced a stroke and put the vehicle into reverse, striking the victim. Emergency Medical Services transported the woman to NYU Langone Hospital, where she died. Two other pedestrians, aged 75 and 43, were also struck and taken to NYU Langone in stable condition. The driver remained at the scene, was not arrested, and later received treatment at NYU Langone, where he was in stable condition.
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