Woman In Critical Condition After Crown Heights Hit And Run: Cops

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A woman is in critical condition after a car slammed into her on Union Street and kept driving this week, according to police.

The dark-colored Nissan was turning from Classon Avenue onto Union Street around 12:26 p.m. on Tuesday when it knocked the 67-year-old woman, who was walking on the cross walk, to the ground, according to police and surveillance video.

The car kept driving on Union Street after the crash, police said.

The woman was taken to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in critical condition.

Police released surveillance footage of the car on Thursday, which they described as a dark color four-door Nissan sedan:

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