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Woman Dies After Being Hit by Van on Bensonhurst Street, Police Say

By Trevor Kapp | February 3, 2016 10:11am
 A woman was fatally struck while crossing a Brooklyn street Wednesday morning, police said.
A woman was fatally struck while crossing a Brooklyn street Wednesday morning, police said.
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BROOKLYN — A pedestrian was fatally struck by a van in Bensonhurst Wednesday morning, police said.

The woman, believed to be in her 60s, was crossing 65th Street and New Utrecht Avenue when a white van plowed into her at about 6:25 a.m., the NYPD said.

She was taken to Maimonides Hospital where she was declared dead.

The driver remained on scene and wasn’t expected to be charged, the NYPD said.