EAST NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man is accused of leaving the scene of an accident after a deadly Thanksgiving hit-and-run that killed a 56-year-old woman in East New York and left several others injured, police said.
Michael McBean, 24, was driving northbound on Pennsylvania Avenue just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday when he struck a Nissan Murano stopped at a red light near Stanley Avenue, according to officials.
He then hit 56-year-old Yvette Molina as she tried to get into her car, police said. Molina, of East New York, was taken to Brookdale Hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to police.
While trying to flee the scene in his 2010 Mercedes Benz, McBean continued north on Pennsylvania Avenue and crashed into a Dodge Caravan at a red light, triggering a pile-up involving an additional two cars stopped at the light, an NYPD spokesman said.
McBean fled on foot along the avenue, then headed east on Linden Boulevard, the spokesman added, trying to carjack another vehicle while escaping.
FDNY personnel gave chase, officials said, and McBean eventually ran back to the scene where he was arrested by police.
The driver of the Nissan refused medical attention and the drivers of the three other vehicles in the chain-reaction collision were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
McBean, of Canarsie, faces charges including attempted robbery, leaving the scene of an accident which resulted in a death, obstruction of governmental administration and disorderly conduct, according to police.
