ELMHURST — An unlicensed hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a woman crossing Woodside Avenue Sunday night was arrested nearby after a witness followed him, police said.
Valentin Gonzalez, 27, struck an unidentified woman with his box truck as she walked in the crosswalk at 76th Street and Woodside Avenue in Elmhurst on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 8:38 p.m, according to the NYPD.
He hit the woman as he made a right turn onto Woodside Avenue.
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Gonzalez, of Corona, did not have a license to operate the truck, police said, and fled the scene.
An eyewitness to the crash followed him, though, and he was arrested a few blocks away at 73rd Street and 41st Avenue, police said.
He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving without a license, according to police.