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NYPD Searches for Fleeing Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run

8/31/2026

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Nurse Zheng Killed

A 2014 Cadillac sedan struck and killed nurse Jiayi Zheng in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
The collision happened around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, as Zheng walked home from an overnight shift.
The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad continues searching for the fleeing driver.
Surveillance video showed Zheng waiting at the light before the sedan entered the intersection and hit her.

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Furnas Demands Redesign

Ben Furnas, Transportation Alternatives executive, urged city officials to fast-track the 2023 Third Avenue redesign.
Advocacy groups reported nine hit-and-run fatalities citywide in the past two weeks.
Eleven pedestrians or cyclists have died on the two-mile Third Avenue corridor since 2014.
Hundreds of advocates gathered outside City Hall demanding stronger action against traffic violence.
Furnas called the deaths “outrageous” and demanded a comprehensive city plan to halt traffic carnage.

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Nurse Zheng Killed

A 2014 Cadillac sedan struck and killed nurse Jiayi Zheng in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
The collision happened around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, as Zheng walked home from an overnight shift.
The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad continues searching for the fleeing driver.
Surveillance video showed Zheng waiting at the light before the sedan entered the intersection and hit her.

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