An unidentified woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver and then dragged for about a block in a disturbing Brooklyn scene Friday morning, according to cops and surveillance video.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman \u2013 believed to be in her 30s \u2013 was crossing the street at the intersection of Watkins Street and Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville when she was struck around 6:50 a.m. by a black Ford SUV, police and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It appeared the woman had left a bodega and crossed against the light \u2013 and the motorist may not have known they hit someone, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The victim was crossing the street when she was struck at the intersection of Watkins Street and Pitkin Avenue, sources said. Obtained by NYPost<\/p>\n
Footage shows the victim was dragged for about a block before she was dislodged and the motorist took off. Obtained by NYPost<\/p>\n
Footage obtained by The Post shows the car \u2013 which cops say was heading west on Pitkin Avenue \u2013 traveling for about a block before the woman\u2019s body tumbles out from underneath it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The driver continues down the block while the pedestrian lies unmoving in the roadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The unidentified victim, who suffered severe trauma to the body, was pronounced dead at the scene. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n
Her body was discovered with severe trauma at the intersection of Osborn Street and Pitkin Avenue, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was not carrying identification, the sources said. <\/p>\n
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