A woman who was impaled on a metal fence in a freak accident after an SUV jumped a curb and hit her on a Bronx sidewalk Friday has died, police said.
Paulina Nrecaj, 59, was outside her Pelham Parkway apartment building on Bronxdale Avenue around 6:30 p.m. that night when cops say the SUV slammed into her and the side of the building. Nrecaj was impaled on a fence lining the outside of the apartment complex and taken to a hospital in critical condition.
She died Sunday morning, NYPD officials said.
Officials say the SUV driver had swerved to avoid hitting a van stopped in the intersection. He kept going through the intersection and ended up jumping the curb and hitting the woman, they said.
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FDNY officials said the 45-year-old driver was taken to a hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries wasn't immediately clear. No charges have been filed at this time.
