70-year-old woman fatally struck by car in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WABC) -- A 70-year-old woman was fatally struck by a car in Brooklyn Monday afternoon.

The incident happened as the woman was walking southbound across Atlantic Avenue at the intersection of Grand Avenue.

She was hit by a BMW traveling westbound on Atlantic Avenue.

The woman, who has been identified as Helen Marszalek, was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. She lived down the street from where the crash happened.

The driver stayed at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.