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A 45-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run incident in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. WABC 7 reports that Stacey Blount, "a long-time customer at a hair salon at Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sutter Avenue," "had taken her two children in to wish everyone a happy 2009 and then walked out around 7:00 p.m." When she stepped into the street, a van (which seemed to be going 95-100 m.p.h.) hit her. The police had apparently been "following" (but not chasing) the van, which was later found abandoned. Blount was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital. Two other people died in vehicle-related incidents: A woman in Queens was fatally struck by an allegedly drunk driver while a man in Brooklyn was dead after an accident on Third Avenue.
Pedestrian Dies in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run
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The fact that a person can hit someone with their car and keep it moving makes me feel sick. And, 95-100 mph??
It always astounds me that the Feds haven't mandated speed limiters on new cars. Does anyone really need a car that can do more than 70mph?
If police had been following the van, and were therefore RIGHT THERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED, then how the hell is this a hit and run? How was the van 'later found abandoned'?? Am I missing something here???