Pregnant woman, 32, mowed down by SUV driver after NYC fender bender on way home from Beyoncé concert: police
A 32-year-old pregnant woman was struck and dragged to her death by an SUV after getting into a late-night Brooklyn fender bender with the hit-and-run driver — who remains on the loose, police said Sunday.
The tragic motorist, identified by police as Tiffany Cisuni, allegedly got out of her 2021 Toyota 4Runner to check for damage after a minor collision with a 2016 Chevy Trax at Van Buren Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard shortly before midnight Saturday, according to police.
That's when cops said the driver of the Trax gunned it and struck Cisuni from behind, dragging her before speeding away against traffic on Lafayette Avenue, a one-way street, an NYPD spokesperson said.
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5 The car used in the fatal hit-and-run death of pregnant woman Tiffany Cisuni in Brooklyn on May 24, 2025.
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5 Debris in the street at the scene of the hit-and-run ear Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Van Buren Street.
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But the driver's rampage wasn't done — police said the Chevy struck a parked Volkswagen SUV while trying to get away, and then slammed into a 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 38-year-old woman behind the wheel.
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The crazed driver then got out and fled on foot, leaving behind the Chevy, which had temporary plates.
Police responded to the scene following a 911 call and found Cisuni, of Long Island, unresponsive.
She was taken to Kings County Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
5 Cisuni was struck from behind by the driver of the 2016 Chevy Trax when she got out of her car following a fender bender.
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5 The driver then struck two more vehicles while fleeing the scene.
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5 The driver got out of the Chevy Trax and fled the scene on foot.
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Her heartbroken in-laws told ABC7 that Cisuni was in her first trimester of pregnancy and had shared the news with them that she and her husband James were expecting their first child just two weeks ago.
The mom-to-be was coming home from the Beyoncé concert at MetLife Stadium when she was killed, according to the outlet.
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The driver of the Grand Cherokee was not seriously injured in that crash.
The driver of the Chevy Trax remains on the loose, according to police.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona.
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