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Winnifred Matthias, 77, of East Flatbush, died in Brooklyn Monday after being hit by a dump truck. The accident occured around 12:25 p.m. when Matthias was walking on the double yellow line on Flatbush Avenue, in the middle of the road, between Atlantic and 4th Avenues. The dump truck driver remained at the scene. Matthias aws taken to Brooklyn Hospital, where she died from her injuries.
A 40-year-old borough resident and his dog were struck by a car near the intersection of Anderson and Aurora avenues on Sunday afternoon. The driver, Yap W. Moon, a 68-year-old resident of Fort Lee, was issued summons on Sunday evening for leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, careless driving and reckless driving. The borough resident was taken to Englewood Hospital & Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries and his dog is expected to make a full recovery.
18-year-old driver Brook Hill hit and killed a 38-year-old jogger at the Eastonville Rd. and Tompkins Rd. intersection in Falcon, Colorado Saturday. The jogger was allegedly running the same direction as traffic, and made an immediate left turn as the driver came up behind him. The collision killed him at the scene. Speed, drugs and alcohol have been ruled out.