Mother killed, son critically injured after being hit by car while waiting for bus in Brooklyn

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
CANARSIE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A woman was killed and her young son critically injured when they were struck by a car while waiting for a bus in Brooklyn Tuesday night.

A Honda Accord and an SUV collided at the intersection of Remsen Avenue and Seaview Avenue in Canarsie just before 9 p.m.
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The Accord lost control and jumped a curb, hitting the pedestrians and pinning them against a fence.

The woman, 32, died at Brookdale Hospital. Her 6-year-old son remains in critical but stable condition.
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Both drivers remained at the scene.

Neighbors say there is so much speeding on the two streets, they have tried to get help from the city.

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