MANHATTAN — A woman was killed when a flatbed truck hit her in Washington Heights on Wednesday night, police said.
Maria Minchala, 63, was walking westbound in the crosswalk on 165th Street when a southbound Ford truck on Broadway hit her about 8:48 p.m., NYPD officials said.
Michala, who lived in the neighborhood, was pronounced dead at Columbia University Medical Center, police said.
The truck's driver, 42, was not immediately arrested, police said.