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- A woman pushing a stroller with a 2-year-old girl inside was struck and killed while crossing a street in Brooklyn, according to senior police officials
- The incident occurred just after 1 p.m. at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Bathe Avenue in Bath Beach, police sources said.
- The woman was taken to Lutheran Medical Center, where she died. The child was taken to Maimonides Hospital with minor injuries, officials said.
A tragedy unfolded at a Brooklyn intersection when a grandmother was struck and killed while crossing the street and pushing her granddaughter in a stroller, according to senior police officials.
The incident occurred just after 1 p.m. at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Bathe Avenue in Bath Beach, police sources said. That's where the driver of a Dodge pickup truck was making a left turn onto Bath Avenue and hit the woman in the street.
The victim, a 66-year-old woman, was pushing a stroller with a 2-year-old girl inside, according to senior police officials. The woman was taken to Lutheran Medical Center, where she died. The child was taken to Maimonides Hospital with minor injuries, officials said.
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NBC New York exclusively obtained video showing three men, including the 56-year-old driver, trying to rescue the young girl after her stroller had become pinned under the wheel of the truck. The driver continued to remain at the scene and was later seen trying to pry the child's empty stroller from under his wheel.
A witness who was at the intersection and saw the accident unfold said the truck "appeared from nowhere, I wasn't looking for him," adding that the driver likely didn't see the woman walking.
"When he stopped, I tried to yell at him and explain that the baby was under his car. I asked him to push back, instead he pushed forward, and it made the baby cry a little more," the witness told NBC New York.
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The driver was given sobriety and drug tests. Police have not yet charged anyone in connection with the investigation.
An investigation is ongoing. Detectives were looking to track down any video of what happened to determine who had the right of way.
