Elderly Howard Beach resident dies following crash

An 88-year-old Howard Beach woman has died from injuries she sustained in a car crash last month, police said Saturday.

Carmela Rutolo of 88th Street was driving north on Cross Bay Boulevard at 7:40 p.m. on April 20, when her vehicle struck a pillar at Liberty Avenue.

Officers from the 106th Precinct and EMS units responded to the scene. Rutolo died of her injuries on April 24 at Jamaica Hospital.

An investigation by the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad is ongoing.