Woman arrested in January car crash that killed 57-year-old woman in Brooklyn
A woman driver who fatally struck a 57-year-old pedestrian in Brooklyn in January has been arrested— three months after the deadly crash, police said.
Megan Martin, 30, was driving a Nissan Pathfinder eastbound on Blake Ave. and attempting to make a left turn onto Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York when she barreled into Janet Henriquez, who was crossing the street shortly before 9 a.m. on Jan. 24, according to police.
EMS transported Henriquez to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, but she took a turn for the worse and died at the hospital later that day, police said.
Martin, who lives in Queens, stayed at the scene after the crash. She was arrested Wednesday following a police investigation, and was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian, and failure to exercise due care, cops said.
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