NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 74-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was struck by an SUV in Bay Terrace on Monday afternoon.
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According to police, the 2021 GMC SUV turned into Corporal Kennedy Street from 26th Avenue and struck the 74-year-old around 12:56 p.m. as she was attempting to cross the street's crosswalk, causing her to hit the pavement.
The 43-year-old female driver then struck the driver's side of a 2019 Nissan Sentra. That vehicle's 63-year-old driver at the time was stopped in the southbound lane of Corporal Kennedy Street, waiting for the red light.
Responding officers found the 74-year-old lying on the roadway in the crosswalk with severe head trauma. She was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Queens by EMS in critical condition.
The drivers were not injured in the ordeal, police said.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.