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68-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed by Driver on Upper East Side, Police Say

January 8, 2016 8:46am | Updated January 8, 2016 8:46am
Andrea Kremen, 68, was struck and killed by a driver on East 78th Street and York Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, police said.
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MANHATTAN — A 68-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed while crossing an Upper East Side street Thursday night, police said.

Andrea Kremen, of Fort Lee, N.J., was about to cross York Avenue at the East 78th Street intersection when she was hit by a gray 2005 Honda Pilot heading northbound on York Avenue, the NYPD said.

Kremen was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, police said.

The driver of the car remained on the scene and was not charged, officials said.

 

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