A 21-year-old woman was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after allegedly striking a man and driving off. According to NY1, "Police say 58-year-old Harry Lewner of Cedarhurst was crossing 4th Avenue near 79th Street in Bay Ridge around 9:15 last night when he was hit by [Karisa McFaline]'s car and then hit by another car." The second driver stayed at the scene, where Lewner was pronounced dead. McFaline "turned herself in at the 7th Precinct on Manhattan's Lower East Side about an hour and a half after the accident."
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