An elderly woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Queens Monday evening — less than an hour after a moped rider was killed slamming into a box truck in Manhattan, police said.
Helena Conti, 79, was crossing midblock on Cooper Avenue near 83rd Street in Middle Village around 5:50 p.m. when she was struck by a blue sedan heading east on the block, authorities said.
The driver fled, cops said.
Conti was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where she was pronounced dead.
A damaged car is seen after the Queens accident. Wayne CarringtonIt is unclear whether the driver was aware that a pedestrian was hit. No arrests were immediately made.
On the Upper East Side about 40 minutes earlier, Salvador Navarette-Flores, 31, was riding a Jiajue scooter north on First Avenue near East 76th Street, in the left lane, when he struck a parked 2019 Freightliner box truck, cops said.
Cops inspect the moped after Salvador Navarette-Flores was killed on the Upper East Side. Peter GerberNavarette-Flores, of the Bronx, was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The victim struck a parked 2019 Freightliner box truck, cops said. Peter Gerber
