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65-Year-Old Woman Hit, Killed in Brooklyn Hit-Run: Police

A hit-run driver killed a 65-year-old woman in Brooklyn Sunday, hitting her with such force she was thrown to the ground and landed under a parked pickup truck, authorities said. 

Police said Dorothy Parker was crossing Remsen Avenue outside the crosswalk near Church Avenue and Avenue A about 10 p.m. when a vehicle, believed to be a silver four-door Honda Accord, hit her and left the scene. 

The vehicle kept going on Remsen Avenue, momentarily stopped mid-block, then continued and made a right on Avenue A, police said. 

The woman was taken to a hospital with severe head trauma. She was pronounced dead Monday. 

Authorities said the Accord was made between 2003-05 and has front- and passenger-side mirror damage. 

Anyone with information about the man should call Crime Stoppera at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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