Neighborhood holds vigil for senior killed by car
A vigil was held Thursday night in Owl’s Head Park for Bay Ridge resident Norman Fruchter, who died two weeks after he was hit by a car near his home.
Fruchter, 85, was crossing Bliss Terrace and 68th Street at 10:12 p.m. on Dec. 22 when he was hit by a Hyundai Elantra traveling in reverse. He died Jan. 4 in NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.
The driver, a 42-year-old man, stayed at the scene and was not charged. The investigation is ongoing.
The vigil was organized by Families for Safe Streets and the New Settlement Parent Action Committee.