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Driver Flees After Fatally Striking Nurse Headed Home From Work
Police said the driver of a black Cadillac fled after striking Jiayi Zheng as she crossed in a marked crosswalk.
- On Saturday, 28-year-old nurse Jiayi Zheng died after a hit-and-run driver struck her at the intersection of 55th Street and Third Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, shortly before 7:40 a.m.
- Transportation Alternatives reports 11 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed along the two-mile stretch of Third Avenue beneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway since 2014, illustrating persistent corridor dangers.
- State Sen. Andrew Gounardes said Zheng was walking home from an overnight shift when the driver ran a red light; colleagues remembered her for her "compassion and dedication."
- Following the fatal collision, the NYPD is searching for the driver of a 2014 Cadillac who fled the scene; no arrests have been made as of Sunday.
- Plans for a Third Avenue redesign remain in motion, with the Mamdani administration promising more information in coming months after advocates called for expedited safety improvements.
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Driver flees after fatally striking nurse headed home from work
Brooklyn nurse Jiayi Zheng was killed in a Sunset Park hit-and-run after leaving an overnight shift. Driver remains at large.
·Philadelphia, United States
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