Cops investigate after woman is critically injured on 4th Ave.
A female pedestrian was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was struck by an SUV on Fourth Avenue and 82nd Street in Bay Ridge Tuesday morning, police said.
The woman, whose name and age are unknown, was crossing Fourth Avenue from east to west when she was struck by an SUV whose driver was making a right-hand turn from 82nd Street onto Fourth Avenue at approximately 11:30 a.m., Capt. Richard DiBlasio, the commanding officer of the 68th Precinct, told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle at the scene.
When asked if the driver was speeding or if the woman was crossing the street against the light, DiBlasio said “We don’t know. We’re investigating to find out what happened.” Police also did not have the identity of the victim in the immediate aftermath of the accident, DiBlasio said.