Hit-And-Run Driver Fatally Injures Woman in Brooklyn, Cops Say

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — A hit-and-run driver critically wounded a 65-year-old woman on a Brooklyn street late Sunday night, according to police.

A silver sedan careened into Dorothy Parker, of Canarsie, as she jaywalked across Remsen Avenue between Church Avenue and Avenue A at about 9:50 p.m., police said.

The impact knocked Parker to the pavement and underneath a parked pickup truck on the side of the street, said police.

The sedan driver jerked away, stopped in the middle of the block, then sped toward Avenue A where the car made a right turn and disappeared, police said.

Emergency responders rushed Parker — who suffered from severe head trauma — to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition, said police.

The Canarsie woman — who shared a name with poet and Algonquin Round Table cofounder Dorothy Parker — died from her injuries on Monday, according to police.

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