Elderly man struck and killed on Seventh Ave.
Cops say car was rear-ended before hitting victim
A 75-year-old man was struck and killed in a freak accident Thursday morning in which a car that had slowed down to let him cross the street was rear-ended by a jeep, causing the auto to hit the elderly pedestrian, police said.
The fatal accident took place near the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 65th Street, a corner described by local officials as one of the busiest and most high-trafficked corners in Bay Ridge.
The victim, Xiaoch Hu, was crossing Seventh Avenue near 65th Street at approximately 6:50 a.m. when the driver of a 2010 Toyota Camry traveling eastbound on 65th Street slowed down to let him cross. The driver had a green light, according to Police Officer Sophia Mason, a Police Department spokeswoman. “The driver had the right of way,” Mason told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.