Woman killed in hit-and-run during police pursuit in Queens: NYPD
ASTORIA, Queens (PIX11) – A woman was killed when she was hit by a pickup truck driver who was fleeing police in Queens late Tuesday night, according to the NYPD.
Police officers responded to a 911 call for a burglary at a house on Crescent Street in Astoria just before 11 p.m. They began pursuing a black Dodge Ram with three masked men inside, police said.
The pickup truck slammed into a bicyclist, a woman in her 30s, at the corner of 37th Street and 34th Avenue, according to authorities. She was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst where she was pronounced dead.
The suspects fled the scene, police said. The pickup truck was later found dumped about a mile away on Newtown Road.
Police are still trying to notify the woman's family about her death. Her identity has not been released.
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