One Arrest for Hit and Run in Crown Heights
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:45pm: Shmira received a call from a witness that an elderly man was hit by a car on the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Crown Street. The caller stated that as he was passing by that corner he was flagged down by an African American in a blue convertible who told him what had transpired and pointed out the car, a black Acura. Seeing the elderly man on the ground the passerby took off after the Acura Chasing it until the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Rutland Road where he managed to cut him off blocking his way. Another Good Samaritan helped by blocking the car from the rear.
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