Witnesses gathered around the area near the Wildey exit of the Walgreens plaza at the edge of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow are saying a driver may have killed one pedestrian and left another critically injured.
"I just heard a noise and came down," said one witness. "I saw two under the car. Three to four ambulances."
Sergeant Frank Giampiccolo has confirmed that a woman driver who "had physical issues," struck two pedestrians, leaving one with life-threatening injuries. He said "I'm not sure if she'll make or not" and that responders performed CPR on her and took her to Westchester Medical Center. A man with less serious injuries was taken to Phelps Memorial Hospital. Police are not yet disclosing their age or identities.
A female resident said she was driving down Valley Street when she saw an EMT flipping a woman on a board and begin performing CPR on her. She said she saw a car facing the wrong way with a smashed front end and another in the middle of the street with its occupants on the phone and crying.
"When I got up to the light is when I noticed the woman's body in the middle of the street and the few that were there standing helpless then someone pointed out the other body by the curb by entrance of parking lot," Hernandez said. "I didn't see the extent of his injuries but the woman didn't look too good. The driver I was told kept driving and the people in the other car chased them up Wildey and stopped her."
Giampiccolo is not describing it as a hit and run as witnesses are however. He said only one car was involved and they are interviewing the driver now at headquarters.
Authorities at 10:15 a.m. were taping off the area, from the exit from Walgreens and the intersection between the two bus stops on Wildey. There is a downed tree branch and wood debris from what looks like a broken pole in the roadway.
The female witness said the two people seemed to have been coming out of Walgreens plaza and crossing the street when they were hit. "The woman may not have made it," she said.
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