An 82-year-old woman was struck and killed by a dump truck driver yesterday afternoon in Bushwick.
According to an NYPD release, the dump truck driver was stopped at a red light at Broadway and Gates Avenue at around 3:30 p.m. When the light turned green, police say, the driver continued east on Broadway and hit Ora Walker, who was attempting to cross Broadway.
Dump truck hits, kills 82-year-old woman in Bushwick, police say: http://t.co/7SvkJy9kZP pic.twitter.com/5ZQpDTZMZa
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) August 13, 2015
Walker, who lived two blocks from the intersection, was pronounced dead at the scene. The NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad is continuing to investigate.
This morning, an MTA bus driver struck a pedestrian in Flushing, at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Prince Street. An NYPD spokesman said that the victim was transported to a local hospital for "multiple trauma," but that the Collision Investigation Squad is not currently investigating the crash, despite the police tape visible in this photo.
Person struck by a #MTA bus in #Queens. They were removed in serious condition. @CBSNewYork Pic: credit: @NYPD109Pct pic.twitter.com/2FHGkDq5aO
— Yan Kaner (@Ykaner89) August 13, 2015
[UPDATE] An MTA spokeswoman emailed us the following statement:
At 7:04 a.m. Q66 making a left turn from Prince onto Roosevelt. Pedestrian was walking left to right in the crosswalk. Front of the bus made contact with him. He was removed to New York Hospital Queens with serious injuries to his legs. The incident is currently under investigation.
