An SUV driver from New Jersey was arrested following a fatal collision on the Grand Central Parkway in East Elmhurst, killing a 46-year-old man as he walked across the highway on Sunday night.
Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on the eastbound Grand Central Parkway near 29th Avenue just before 9:45 p.m. and found the man lying on the roadway.
Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined the victim was crossing the Grand Central Parkway, from south to north, in an area not intended for pedestrians, when he was struck by a 40-year-old woman driving a 2017 Infiniti SUV traveling eastbound. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
Sharisa Hanson, of Trenton, NJ, remained at the scene and was transported by EMS to Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition. Hanson was later arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle license violation.
The identity of the deceased is pending family notification.
