Scary Streets: Two Pedestrians Killed, Third Critical in Three Separate Hit-and-Run Incidents

A 60-year-old Con Ed worker and a 74-year-old great-grandmother were killed in hit-and-run incidents in Manhattan and Brooklyn, while a 69-year-old wheelchair-bound man was critically injured in Queens yesterday.

Just before 7 a.m., 74-year-old Bridget Morrissey was crossing 75th Street at 14th Avenue in Bay Ridge when a car hit her. The car did not stop and Morrissey, who used to work at Lutheran Medical's kitchen and had Alzheimer's, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Her daughter told the Post, "I wish anybody who knows anything or has information would come forward and just fess up to it. I don't like cowards, and God doesn't like cowards."
Around 11 a.m., the Daily News reports that Korean War vet Bernard Sydnor was crossing in his motorized wheelchair Jewel Avenue and Parson Boulevard in Queens when "a car slammed into" him. He is in critical condition at New York Hospital Medical Center. The driver is not likely to be charged.
At 1:30 p.m., James Dong, a Con Ed customer operations representative, was returning to his company car when he was struck by an 18-wheeler on Bowery between Grand and Hester Streets in Manhattan. The driver, who did not stop, was stopped on the BQE and apparently did not realize he hit someone; it's unlikely he will be charged. A witness told the News, "There were body parts all over the street." Con Ed president Lou Rana said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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By Jen Chung in News on October 25, 2008 1:28 PM

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Antonio

RIP to all the deceased and may the injured recover with speed.

Christina 13

R.I.P UNCLE JIMMY ='( WE LOVE U ALWAY & 4EVER !!!

UnrepentantFenian

That's right #7 line up in the street to protest people being run over in the middle of the street. Idiot.

smitty

was he a Korean War vet or a Korean vet??

magicnick

So sick of drivers getting off without charge when they kill someone with the car/truck/bus they are driving.

My butt the truck driver didn't know he hit someone!

It's time for a demonstration in the middle of Times Square.

People should agree to meet and block the streets as a show of solidarity for all the people who have been killed.

n

The Edge

ABC has video on the Bowery splatterjob.

That dude got messed up.

Blech.

Spirit of 76

Argh. Gotta figure out what the autopost key combination is so I can disable it. I meant to write "Scarlett deserved to live more than just 13 years."

Spirit of 76

That seems to be a very effective defense nowadays. "I didn't know I hit him or else I would have stopped, officer!" Ignorance and/or negligence are bliss.

13 is not a good, long life for a housecat. It's still below average. Mine's 16 and some live well into their 20s.

JacqueMehoff

my thoughts go out to those who lost and I wish for a speedy recovery to mr. sydnor.

for some reason it felt like it's been a bad week.

Scarlet passing though she lived a good 13 years for a cat. and with her health issues, she's sure one spunky feline.