Video: Motorcyclist Slams Into 76-Year-Old In Uptown Hit-And-Run

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Cops are searching for a motorcyclist who slammed into a 76-year-old woman crossing the street and then rode away.

The motorcyclist is caught on video crashing into the woman as she crossed 162nd Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway just before 6:30 p.m. on May 25, police said.

The woman is sent tumbling into the roadway, an item she was holding flying into the air, video shows. She would be rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center with a fracture to her right arm, police said.

The motorcyclist, who can be seen looking back at the crash as he rides away, continued riding down 162nd Street without stopping, police said. He is wanted on leaving the scene of an accident charges.

Police describe him as wearing a light-colored helmet, a red mask around his neck, a multi-colored jacket, light colored jeans and black sneakers.

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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.