A person described as a pedestrian was injured after being struck by a vehicle on Jerome Avenue by East Gun Hill Road in Norwood, FDNY officials said.

 

They said the call was received at 11.48 a.m. on Friday, July 21, and that one person was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital. FDNY officials had no description or status of the injured person.

 

According to a video posted to the Citizens’ App, the incident was described as a hit & run. According to the post, 911 was called and a woman was described as being injured. “A pedestrian was reportedly hit by a black sedan that fled the scene near a bank,” the post read.

In the video, what looked to be a relatively young person was seen lying on the street with her head resting on something soft to support it, while a black and pink bicycle was seen on its side beside her. The injured woman was conscious and was seen holding her head at certain points.

 

Police and bystanders were also seen in the video standing around the injured person on Jerome Avenue near what seemed to be East 208th Street. Some bystanders were heard in part seemingly explaining to police what they witnessed but the overview was unclear.

At one point, one of the police officers is seen wheeling the bicycle away from where the person was lying on the street towards a police vehicle. It was unclear if the bicycle belonged to the injured person or not.

 

Norwood News contacted the NYPD on July 21 for more information about the incident. An NYPD spokesperson said that if it was not a very serious incident, the official NYPD central press unit may not have received an official report from the local precinct about it. In any case, he had nothing to share at that point.

We will share any subsequent information we receive on the incident.

 

Anyone with information in regard to the whereabouts of these individuals is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.