A 50-year-old man is facing charges following a hit-and-run that killed a 59-year-old woman while she crossed a Brooklyn street while using a walker, authorities said.
Marco Ortiz was arrested Monday and is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death in the hit-and-run that killed Marlene Zotti as she crossed Ninth Avenue and 42nd Street in Sunset Park early Sunday.
Police say that a minivan headed north on Ninth Avenue struck Zotti just after midnight Saturday before turning onto 42nd Street and leaving the scene.
Zotti was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.
"She was just a giver, a great person," said Robert Medina, Zotti's brother, who said she was returning home from buying groceries and was steps away from her apartment on 42nd Street when she was hit. "Seeing her stuff and her cart smashed like that it's really devastating."
It's not clear if Ortiz has an attorney.
