A woman died when she was hit by an SUV Thursday morning on the Upper West Side – just two blocks from where a 9-year-old boy was struck and killed earlier this year, cops said.
The victim, Jean Chambers, 61, of Manhattan was crossing the street at West 95th Street and West End Avenue at about 11 a.m. when she was struck by a black 2004 Ford Expedition driven by an unidentified 50-year-old man.
The victim was rushed to St. Luke’s Hospital where she later died of serious head and other injuries, police said.
The driver was heading east on West 95th and was making a left turn to head north on West End Avenue when he struck Chambers as she was crossing, police said. The SUV dragged her nearly a half block before stopping and backing up off of her, a bystander said.
The driver remained at the scene, and was being questioned by cops. Prosecutors from the Manhattan DA’s office were determining whether he would be charged, sources said.
The accident happened just two blocks from where 9-year-old Cooper Stock was killed last Jan. 10 when he was struck by a yellow cab driver – who was not prosecuted for the death.
Little Cooper was walking hand-in-hand with his dad in a crosswalk at West 97th Street near West End Avenue when he was mowed down by hack Koffi Komlani.
The cabbie was slapped with a ticket for failing to yield, but Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance’s office later decided not to prosecute the case.
The boy’s mom, Dana Lerner and pedestrian safety advocates were outraged that the cabbie was not prosecuted, though his license was not renewed after it expired earlier this month.