#pedestrian-fatality

#pedestrian-fatality

On Oct. 15, the driver of a minivan struck three people an 89-year-old woman, a 75-year-old woman and 43-year-old woman on the sidewalk outside a Neptune Avenue shopping center. The 89-year-old woman, who had initially been identified by police as being 75 years old, was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where she was pronounced dead. The other victims taken to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition.

Investigators say 89-year-old Klara Litvak, who lived nearby on Surf Avenue, died after being struck just before 1 p.m. Wednesday on Neptune Avenue. Police have identified the woman killed when a car reversed onto a sidewalk in Coney Island, hitting three people. According to police, an 86-year-old man driving a Chrysler SUV was backing out of a parking spot when he put the car in reverse and hit three women.

A pedestrian was struck and killed on Monday morning in Boston's South End neighborhood, police say. The vehicle involved was a Boston University shuttle bus, according to NBC10 Boston. Boston police received a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian in the area of the BU Medical Campus at 744 Albany St. around 7:58 a.m. Officers found that the pedestrian was trapped beneath the bus, and they were later pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers were dispatched to the area at 12:11 a.m. after a woman was reported to be lying on the ground after being hit by a vehicle, authorities said. Police found the victim, a 32-year-old woman, unconscious and without a pulse about 100 feet east of the intersection, authorities said. Officers began CPR, which was later taken over by medical personnel. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased at Stanford Medical Center.