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90-year-old Whitestone woman dies month after being hit by turning SUV

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An elderly woman who was hit by an SUV in Whitestone in February has died of her injuries, police said.

According to authorities, 90-year-old Dorothy Heimann of 166th Street in Whitestone succumbed on Friday to injuries she sustained after being struck by a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the corner of Clintonville Street and 17th Avenue at approximately at 9:51 a.m. on Feb. 7.

Officers from the 109th Precinct and EMS units responded to the scene of the accident to find Heimann unconscious and unresponsive with head trauma, police said. EMS units transported her to NY Presbyterian Hospital of Queens in critical condition, where she died on Friday.

There are no arrests at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.