A hit-and-run driver barreled off a Bronx street and into a 44-year-old woman, then collided with metal items that were on the sidewalk and sent those hurtling into a 53-year-old woman over the weekend, police said. The younger woman died.
Cops responding to a 911 call of two pedestrians hit by a vehicle at the intersection of East Fordham Road and Morris Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday found both victims unconscious with trauma to their bodies. They were taken to a hospital, where the 44-year-old woman died. The 53-year-old is expected to be OK.
Police say the driver was heading east on East Fordham Road and veered, injuring the two women before fleeing the scene.
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