New York Post

Bx. granny fatally mowed down

- Nick Fugallo

A elderly woman was fatally struck by a van as she tried to cross the street in The Bronx Friday night — and the van driver fled the scene on foot, police said.

Hilda Arocho, 82, had been crossing Pitman Avenue mid-block in Wakefield — just yards away from her own front door — when she was struck at around 9 p.m., police said.

The driver exited the vehicle, which was a rental van, and fled from the scene.

Arocho was discovered lying on the ground with serious trauma to her torso. The octogenari­an was taken by an ambulance to Jacobi Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

No arrests were made on Friday night and authoritie­s were looking to question the driver.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States