Double Hit and Run Accidents in Queens, Manhattan

Good morning, two pedestrians died in separate hit-and-run accidents last night, adding to a mini-wave of crash-and-dash fatalities this week. The first horrible incident took place on the so-called Boulevard of Death—Queens Boulevard—in Forest Hills around 9 p.m. An unidentified woman in her mid-20s was hit by a car at the intersection and was pronounced DOA at Elmhurst Hospital; police tell CBS 2 they have no description of the vehicle. Just an hour later, in Hell's Kitchen, a second unidentified woman in her mid-50s was struck by a car at the intersection of 40th Street and 9th Avenue. Again, she was pronounced DOA at St. Vincent's, and cops have no description of the vehicle. And police are still searching for the driver of a dark colored van that killed 71-year-old Virginia Montalvo in Woodhaven Monday night; she was out on her nightly stroll collecting recyclables to raise money to charity when she died. Here's a website that sells reflective safety vests and wristbands, and they'll ship directly to you so you won't have to tempt fate by leaving your apartment.

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By John Del Signore in News on April 9, 2009 9:05 AM

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Clarice City

Great. That was right in my neighborhood. It was prbably an SUV speeding off to the Lincoln Tunnel back to dirty Jerz.

fugothamist

Angel's pitcher killed by hit & run:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/09/nick-adenhart-angels-pitc_n_185133.html

JacqueMehoff

oh man, two dead in one night.

what does the mayor say about this?

akrnyc

Correct, not accidents, but murder. And, the Harlem hit and run was a private garbage truck. Private sanitation trucks...my worst nightmare. I never ever step in front of one of these...

hotstepper

do we have a higher scum per capita here than in the rest of the country? these hit-and-runs seem to happen on a daily basis. who the f*ck could run over another human being and just keep driving?

i felt terrible enough that one time i hit a poor little woodchuck.

whitecastlerock

Yes, we have the highest scum per capita... Queens is turning into a third world nation. Having traveled to third world countries I have seen the worst drivers firsthand.

Peter

Good morning, two pedestrians died in separate hit-and-run accidents last night, adding to a mini-wave of crash-and-dash fatalities this week.

Good morning?