Woman hit by car in Bath Beach has died
BATH BEACH — A 49-year-old woman who was struck by a turning car while crossing the street in Bath Beach last week has died.
According to authorities, on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at around 6:30 p.m., 49-year-old Gilberta Hernandez was in the crosswalk crossing Bay Parkway at Benson Avenue when she was hit by a Toyota Rav-4 driven by a 74-year-old man that was turning left from westbound Benson Avenue onto southbound Bay Parkway.
When EMS arrived, she was laying on the street with head trauma. Hernandez was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn where she was listed in critical condition with head trauma. She died on Thursday, Oct. 31.