Quantcast

The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.
Read the press release here.

Man Struck by BMW in Sunset Park Hit-And-Run

By Julie Shapiro | August 6, 2012 9:40pm
The BMW that allegedly struck a pedestrian in Sunset Park Aug. 6, 2012.
The BMW that allegedly struck a pedestrian in Sunset Park Aug. 6, 2012.
View Full Caption
BMR Breaking News

SUNSET PARK — A man was struck by a BMW and seriously hurt in a hit-and-run in Sunset Park Monday night, officials said.

The 33-year-old man was hit on Third Avenue near 51st Street, under the elevated Gowanus Expressway, just after 7 p.m., an FDNY spokesman said.

The victim was taken to Lutheran Medical Center in critical condition with head trauma, the FDNY and NYPD said.

The driver of the BMW fled the blood-spattered scene but was later arrested, according to police who responded to the accident.

The BMW, with a crumpled hood and a smashed windshield, was found two blocks away, officers on the scene said.

An NYPD spokesman confirmed that one person was arrested but did not immediately have any additional information about the incident Monday evening.