Man, 51, killed by hit-run driver

A man was struck and killed in Brooklyn by a driver who ditched the vehicle nearby and ran off, police said Wednesday.

The 51-year-old victim was crossing Linden Blvd. at Barbey St. in East New York when he was hit by a 2015 Jeep Cherokee just before midnight Tuesday, police said.

He was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, but could not be saved. His name wasn't immediately released.

The Jeep, which was heading west on Linden Blvd. when it struck the man, was abandoned less than a quarter mile away at Jerome Ave. and McClancy Place.

The driver, Rodney Mondesir, 43, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash.