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Pedestrian killed in Dyker Heights

Pedestrian killed in Dyker Heights
Photo by Mark Mellone

A Dyker Heights woman died after a driver hit her near the intersection of 86th Street and 14th Avenue on Oct. 6, police said.

The woman, who police identified as Cristina Alonso, was walking across 14th Avenue when a man driving a red 2002 Ford Explorer struck her, officers stated. The woman was not crossing at a crosswalk, a report says.

Paramedics took the woman to Lutheran Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her dead, according to cops. Alonso lived about 20 blocks from the site of the crash, per a report.

The man remained on the scene, no charges have been filed, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

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