A 66-year-old woman crossing the street with a cane was run over by a van outside an Upper East Side hospital, witnesses and FDNY said.
The woman was in the crosswalk when a silver Town and Country with North Carolina plates swung a left turn from East 98th Street on Madison Avenue around 9:50 a.m., officials said.
“[The van] hit her and she few up and back down and he kept on going with her under him,” said Tracy Molloy, 39, who was waiting for the bus when she saw the horrific accident.
“He was trying to make the light like every New York City driver,” she said.
“He drove completely over her, over her legs. He must have felt the bump and heard people scream so he stopped,” said another witness Neud Clermont. “Blood was coming out of her ears.
“I walked over and started to pull her dress down, and the driver was panicking. He was like, ‘Oh my god, I didn’t see you!’” said Clermont.
Molloy also ran to the woman’s side. “She was breathing but not conscious, and her face was swollen.”
“I was crying, trying to find her ID in her bag,” she said.
A worker from Mt Sinai Hospital rushed to her aid and transported her into the hospital where she is listed in critical condition, officials said.
The driver remained on scene but was arrested for driving with a suspended license. He was also issued a summons for failure to yield to a pedestrian.