Crime & Safety
Crown Heights Hit-and-Run Sends 29-Year-Old to Hospital: NYPD
The man was riding a scooter on Nostrand Avenue when he was hit from behind, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN, NY — A hit-and-run in Crown Heights on Saturday sent a 29-year-old man to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
On July 16, the man was riding a scooter along Nostrand Avenue near the intersection of Lincoln Place and Nostrand when he was hit from behind by a car (pictured above), according to the NYPD.
The driver didn't stop and fled the scene travelling east on Nostrand Avenue, police said. The man was taken to Kings County Hospital in critical condition.
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Detectives describe the car as a dark-colored 4-door Chrysler 300.
Anyone with information on this incident can confidentially report it via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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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.
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