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NYC pedestrian deaths: Police search for Toyota Rav4 driver wanted in fatal Harlem hit-and-run

Online Niel November 4, 2024

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) — A 66-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle that left the scene in Harlem Sunday night.

The victim was walking south on Fifth Avenue when she was struck by a Toyota RAV4 shortly after 9 p.m.

The victim was rushed to nearby Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The incident marks the second fatal shooting in Manhattan in two days.

A cyclist was killed by a Toyota minivan that sped away from a police stophitting the victim at W. 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue Saturday night.

READ ALSO: A New York State trooper shot in the leg on the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead

Phil Taitt reports on the condition of the West Hempstead officer.

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