US EditionGerman tourist hit and killed by minivan driver near Bryant Park: NYPD
- A 50-year-old female visitor died and her spouse sustained critical injuries after being hit by a van on September 25 at approximately 2:40 p.m. near the intersection of 40th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.
- The married couple, believed to be German visitors, were hit as the driver reversed a green minivan with a fake 'Times Square' license plate and then fled the scene before police caught him nearby.
- Emergency medical personnel confirmed the woman had died at the location of the accident after being decapitated by the impact, while paramedics transported her husband to Bellevue Hospital where he is anticipated to recover from a skull fracture.
- Eyewitnesses described hearing a loud crash and screeching tires, with one recalling seeing a woman lying on the ground in such a severe condition that she appeared beyond help, highlighting the tragic nature of the event.
- Police charged the 40-year-old driver after taking him into custody, and an investigation into the hit-and-run remains ongoing amid heavy Midtown traffic from the UN General Assembly week.
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Woman Killed, Almost Decapitated, In NYC Hit-and-Run By Likely Illegal Immigrant
This post was republished with permission from Remix News While Germany has been rife with violent migrant crime, 50-year-old Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric and her husband, Udo Lewalter, 55, probably thought they would be safe from such things in New York City. Maybe a pickpocket or rude New Yorkers. Instead, the couple ended up as victims of Mohammed Abouzaid, 40, a driver without any license who recklessly ran over them in his 2001 Toyota S…
In Manhattan, a German couple were captured by a minivan. The woman died at the scene of the accident, her husband was seriously injured in the hospital. The driver fled, but was caught a little later.
NYC Hit-And-Run Horror Kills Tourist, Husband Injured
New York City witnessed yet another hit-and-run horror Wednesday as a German couple visiting Midtown were brutally struck by a minivan driver who fled the scene. The woman, 50, was nearly decapitated on impact, while her husband, 55, was left with a fractured skull. He remains hospitalized in stable condition. Police sources said the suspect, driving a green Toyota Sienna with a vanity plate reading “TIMES SQUARE,” pinned the couple between his …
German tourist hit and killed by minivan driver near Bryant Park: NYPD
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) --- A minivan driver is accused of hitting two German tourists, killing one, when he backed up into them in a crosswalk near Bryant Park on Wednesday afternoon, police said Thursday. Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric, 50, and her husband, 55, were crossing the street when they were struck by a Toyota Sienna near East 40th Street and Fifth Avenue by the New York Public Library at around 2:40 p.m., according to the NYPD. …
Hit-and-run driver kills tourist in NYC after striking couple on street, say witnesses | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A hit-and-run in the heart of Midtown Manhattan Wednesday has left one person dead and another hospitalized, police have confirmed. The tragic incident happened just before 2:40 p.m, police told Fox News Digital, when they responded to a 911 call for a vehicle collision at East 40th Street and 5th Avenue. One vehicle, bearing a vanity plate that read “TIMES SQUARE,” was said to have struck a woman and …
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