A mini-snowplow driver has been ticketed but not charged after fatally striking a pregnant New York City woman whose baby was delivered by emergency cesarean section.
Police say 42-year-old Wu Wu was issued summonses Friday for not having the vehicle inspected and not having a headlamp or a license plate light. No criminal charges have been filed.
Officials say Wu was driving the small construction vehicle that hit Min Lin while she loaded groceries into her car Thursday during a snowstorm in Brooklyn.
Lin's nearly full term, 6-pound, 6-ounce baby was delivered by C-section. Hospital officials did not return calls on the child's condition Friday.
Roommate Song Qing Huang said the 36-year-old Lin considered staying home but decided to go out because she had an appointment with her obstetrician.
A phone listing for Wu could not immediately be located.
Huang said Lin and her husband also had a young son.
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"They are a very happy family," Huang told The New York Times in Mandarin. "The son is so smart, the husband works so hard and he's always so busy."
Huang said her husband and Lin's husband both worked for Chinese restaurants in New Jersey and came home about once a week.
Earlier this month, a privately owned vehicle that was plowing snow in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood struck and killed a 73-year-old man who was crossing mid-block as it backed up.
