Brooklyn Pedestrian Fatally Crushed By Semi

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Bed-Stuy resident Latiesha Ramsey, 37, was struck and killed by a commercial semi truck around 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning as she attempted to cross Lafayette Avenue at Patchen Avenue, according to the NYPD.

The intersection where she was killed is situated on the border of Bed-Stuy and Bushwick, under the J Train overpass.

Police said that when they arrived, Ramsey was already “unconscious and unresponsive, lying in the roadway with severe trauma to the body.”

The pedestrian was then transported to Woodhall Medical Center in Bed-Stuy, where she was declared dead, police said.

An initial NYPD investigation found that the 49-year-old man driving the truck was heading eastbound on Lafayette , then attempted to make a left turn onto Kossuth Place — “striking the female pedestrian as she was crossing from south to north in the crosswalk on Lafayette Avenue.”

Police said the driver of the Braun’s Express semi truck remained on scene, and was not arrested.

Ramsey was reportedly carting a bag of laundry across the street when she was hit. A photo of the crash scene shared by ABC7 showed her laundry bag and a bottle of detergent lodged beneath the semi.

The victim lived in an apartment on Patchen Avenue near Madison Street, according to police.

Did you know Latiesha, or see what happened to her Tuesday morning: Reach out: simone.wilson@patch.com.