{"id":161275,"date":"2026-03-12T11:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161275\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:18:09","slug":"police-search-for-driver-in-nyc-deadly-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161275\/","title":{"rendered":"Police search for driver in NYC deadly hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 The search for a driver who struck and killed a woman in Jamaica, Queens, on Wednesday afternoon is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident happened around 3 p.m. as the 58-year-old woman crossed Jamaica Avenue in the middle of the block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Discover more local reporting on our homepage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Discover more local reporting on our homepage&quot;}\"> Discover more local reporting on our homepage <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The car that hit her was heading west and did not stop. Police described it as a \u201cdark colored sedan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The woman was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital. Police have yet to release her identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man named Edwin, who was nearby at the time of the incident, said, \u201cShe got hit by a car and flew off. I saw a guy trying to help her with CPR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;More&quot;}\"> More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the woman\u2019s shoes was left behind at the point where she was struck, her bag also nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators are reviewing nearby surveillance cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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