Crime & Safety
Woman, 61, Injured In Manhattan Hit-And-Run, Police Say
The pedestrian was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside.
EAST HARLEM, NY — Police are looking for suspects after a driver hit a 61-year-old woman and left the scene of an accident in East Harlem on Tuesday morning, New York City Police Department officials said.
According to the NYPD, the pedestrian was crossing Park Avenue at East 115th Street at 5:20 a.m. when a driver in a red Honda drove through the intersection and then reversed back into the pedestrian, hitting her in the left knee.
Then, the driver fled the scene, heading uptown on Park Avenue, police said.
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The pedestrian was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside in stable condition with minor injuries, and no arrests have been made yet, officials said.
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