Elderly Astoria Woman Dies After Being Hit By Driver In LIC: Police

ASTORIA, QUEENS — An elderly Astoria woman hit last week by an SUV while crossing a Long Island City street died on Monday, according to police.

Yuitmay Szeto, 89, was hit by the driver of a Dodge Durango as he pulled out of a parking lot on 48th Street just south of Northern Boulevard on April 23, about 2:30 p.m., police said.

Szeto was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital where she died nine days later, said the NYPD.

Police say the 37-year-old man was turning left onto northbound 48th Stree when he hit Szeto, who was crossing the street, police said. (The man had been leaving the parking lot that serves BJ's Wholesale Club and Burlington Coat Factory, according to LIC Post.)

Officers found Szeto lying on the street with trauma across her body. She lived just a couple of blocks away, near the corner of 46th Street and 34th Avenue, according to authorities.

The driver stayed at the scene and police have not announced any charges against him, but an investigation is ongoing from the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad.

During the first quarter of 2022, 59 people were killed on New York City's streets: a 44 percent spike compared to last year, and the worst start to any year since the city's Vision Zero safety effort began in 2014, according to a recent report.