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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Pregnant woman killed by hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn: City officials
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Police are looking for a driver who they say hit and killed a woman in Brooklyn on Sunday. According to authorities Tiffany Cifuni, 32, was driving her Toyota on Van Buren Street just before midnight on Saturday, when her vehicle was hit from behind by a person driving a maroon Chevy. More Local News Cifuni got out of her vehicle and began approaching the person who hit her, but that's when the Chevy driver sped off, hitting and dragging the 32-year-old, police say. The victim appeared to be a pregnant woman, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said in an interview with PIX11 Morning News. More Crime News The runaway Chevy driver turned onto Marcus Garvey Boulevard and continued onto Lafayette Avenue where they hit a parked, unoccupied Volkswagen SUV, officials report. The driver still continued and went against traffic on Lafayette Avenue where they hit another 38-year-old motorist driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to authorities. At that point, the Chevy driver finally jumped out of the car and ran down Lafayette Avenue. Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Husband mourns pregnant wife run over by hit-run driver in Brooklyn fender-bender clash
A woman fatally mowed down by a heartless hit-and-run driver during an argument over a Brooklyn fender-bender was pregnant — and the center of her family's world, her devastated husband told the Daily News Monday. Tiffany Cifuni, 32, got out of her 2021 Toyota 4Runner to confront the driver of a Chevy Trax who rear-ended her near Van Buren St. and Marcus Garvey Blvd. in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 11:55 p.m. Saturday, cops say. The heartless Chevy driver ran Cifuni over, dragging her the wrong way down a one way street before crashing into two other vehicles and then running off. 'Tiffany was literally was the center of our world,' James Cifuni told the Daily News in an exclusive interview Monday. 'She made me a better person, a better man.' 'She was pregnant,' he added. 'And it's not about me, it's about her. But I lost my whole family tonight and I don't think I'll ever be the same.' The expectant mom had just told her in-laws she was in her first trimester a couple of weeks ago and was on her way home from the Beyoncé concert at MetLife Stadium when she was killed, her father-in-law told ABC 7 New York. 'This is a tragic act of violence and we're all just trying to deal with this in our own way,' her husband told the News. Late Saturday, tragedy struck in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Cifuni got into a fender-bender with another driver, and when the motorist tried to drive away, she approached the car. Cifuni was driving east on Van Buren St. when she was hit from behind by a woman driving a 2016 Chevy Trax driver, cops said Monday. In surveillance video obtained by ABC 7 New York, Cifuni drives after the Chevy, then gets out of her vehicle to confront the driver off camera over the fender-bender. 'Where are you going?' Cifuni shouts. 'Get out!' 'You trying to drive away? Get out!' she yells, repeating the command as banging sounds can be heard off-screen. ''Get out right now. Park your car and get out!' she yells. 'You don't f—ing drive away … Park your car, you just hit me!' As traffic piles up behind them, a yell and a bang can be heard as the Chevy driver pulls out, running Cifuni over and dragging her down the street. The victim's scream of anguish is captured in the video. The Chevy driver turned right onto Marcus Garvey Blvd. then turned onto Lafayette Ave., heading the wrong way down the one-way street to get away. The Chevy driver crashed into a parked SUV and a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 38-year-old woman before abandoning the Chevy and fleeing on foot. Cifuni didn't become dislodged from under the Chevy until its driver struck the parked vehicle, witness Shane Bridges told The News Sunday. 'They dragged her like to the middle of the street,' Bridges, 28, said. 'Then they turned wrong up Lafayette and she was just left there.' Cops were still looking for the driver Monday. The Chevy had temporary paper license plates, cops said. Cifuni married her husband in 2022 and recently moved to Long Island, her father-in-law told ABC. Her pregnancy announcement surprised and delighted her family. ''They had just hit us with that news two weeks ago and she was so proud of the fact that she surprised me and buckled my knees with the news, you know?' Nick Cifuni told station. 'Tiffany was the rockstar of our family and we're interested in getting justice and in this person getting caught.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Pregnant woman, 32, mowed down by hit-and-run driver after late-night fender bender in NYC: 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 Cifuni, 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 Cifuni from behind, dragging her before speeding away against traffic on Lafayette Avenue, a one-way street, an NYPD spokesperson said. 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. 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 Cifuni, of Long Island, unresponsive. She was taken to Kings County Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. Her heartbroken in-laws told ABC7 that Cifuni 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. 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.
