Prospect Heights Hit-And-Run Sends Man to Hospital in Critical Condition: NYPD

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a vehicle that critically injured a pedestrian early Saturday morning before fleeing the scene.

According to the NYPD, shortly after 3 a.m. on Oct. 8, the male victim was crossing Atlantic Avenue at 4th Avenue inside the crosswalk when he was hit by a black four door sedan driving east on Atlantic.

The vehicle, pictured above, then fled the scene, police said. Emergency responders transported the victim, who is in his 30s, to Methodist Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition with head trauma.

No arrests had been made as of Monday night, and the investigation into the incident was ongoing, police said.

Detectives describe the vehicle as a black four-door sedan, but didn't have further descriptive information as of Monday night.

Anyone with information about this hit-and-run can confidentially report it using the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

The city is currently in the process of redesigning Flatbush Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, in large part to increase pedestrian safety.

During an Aug. 5 public meeting, officials from the Department of Transportation said that from 2010 to 2014, 9 pedestrians and 4 bikes were killed or seriously injured on that stretch of road, while 12 motor vehicle occupants were killed or seriously injured in crashes.

The redesign, they said, will seek to address the streets' excessively long pedestrian crossings, lack of bike access, and turning lanes that increase the chance of vehicle collisions.

Pictured at top: the vehicle being sought by police. Image via NYPD