NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — An 81-year-old taxi driver struck a woman crossing the street in Brooklyn on Friday night, leaving her in critical condition, police said.
It happened at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Fourth Avenue at 9:37 p.m., officials said.
The cabbie, who was driving a yellow Toyota Sienna taxi, was traveling southbound on Flatbush Avenue when he struck a 60-year-old woman crossing the street.
EMS responded and transported the victim to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in critical condition. As of early Friday afternoon, police said her condition remained critical.
Citizen App footage from the scene shows medics helping the seriously injured woman down the street from Barclays Center. The yellow cab can be seen parked in the intersection.
The taxi operator remained at the scene. No charges have been filed.
An investigation by the NYPD’s Highway District Collision Investigation Squad is ongoing.
The incident comes one day after a three-year-old girl was killed and her two-year-old sister was hospitalized after being struck by an SUV while crossing the street with their mother in Harlem.
1010 WINS/WCBS 880 reporter Glenn Schuck spoke with Alexa Sledge of Transportation Alternatives, a non-profit that advocates for safe and sustainable streets, in the wake of the Thursday night incident. She thinks that the city could be doing more to prevent these deaths.
“When we have these horrible crashes, these horrible fatalities, they should be an immediate call to action for every single leader in New York City to make a change,” Sledge said. “We have so much data on which of our streets are dangerous, which of our intersections are dangerous, and yet they remain dangerous for years and years and years and years.”
According to the most recent NYPD data published on July 7, there has been a 5.6% increase in traffic deaths in 2024 when compared to last year, with 132 fatalities citywide.