Woman in Brooklyn fender-bender fatally run down by other driver after getting out of car
The mayhem began when the 32-year-old victim's car was struck by a Chevy Trax driver near Van Buren St. and Marcus Garvey Blvd. in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 11:55 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
When the victim got out of her car and approached the SUV, its driver barreled into her then turned onto Lafayette Ave., heading the wrong way down a one-way street to get away, cops said.
The driver then crashed into two parked vehicles, bailed out and ran off, abandoning the SUV, which has temporary paper license plates.
Medics rushed the victim to Kings County Hospital but she could not be saved. Her name was not immediately released.
The driver who struck her has not been caught.
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