A mother is fighting for her life after an SUV jumped the curb and struck her while she was walking with her children in Brooklyn, according to Eyewitness News ABC7NY, which described the overnight incident as a scary scene in the borough. The station reported live from the location on Monday morning as the investigation continued.
The crash happened around 9 p.m. Sunday, according to the report. The mother had been walking on the sidewalk with her children when a vehicle suddenly mounted the curb and hit her.
The station said the incident took place at the corner of Nostrand and Park, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. A reporter on the scene pointed to a fence that was left in complete shambles as a reminder of what had happened there.
The 31-year-old mother was taken to the hospital in critical condition and is fighting for her life, according to Eyewitness News ABC7NY. No update on her condition beyond that was provided in the report.
Her children were with her at the time of the crash, the station reported. In an update, one of the children, just four years old, was also hit, and the family of four was taken to the hospital, while the other children are now with the other parent.
Authorities said the driver, a 39-year-old man behind the wheel of a Fisker Ocean TLC vehicle, was trying to turn westbound on Park Avenue onto Nostrand, according to the report. The SUV sideswiped a gray Honda and jumped the curb, striking the woman before slamming into the fence, and the driver stayed on the scene with no charges announced.
An investigation was underway on Monday morning, according to Eyewitness News ABC7NY. The report was delivered live from Bedford-Stuyvesant by Phil Tate for Channel 7, with the station saying it would continue to follow the developing story.