NYC driver jumps curb, kills woman, 19, on Queens sidewalk

A driver jumped a curb and killed a woman standing on a Queens sidewalk on Saturday afternoon, cops said.

The 19-year-old woman was standing on the sidewalk near Beach 108th St. and Rockaway Beach Blvd. near the border of Rockaway Beach and Rockaway Park at about 2:17 p.m. when the 29-year-old driver hopped the curb and struck her with his car, cops said.

Medics rushed the woman to Brookdale Hospital but she could not be saved. She was pronounced dead at 3:20 p.m., police said.

The driver remained at the scene and he was taken into custody. Charges against him were still pending Saturday evening, police said.

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