By Michael V. Cusenza
On Thursday, a 55-year-old woman was struck by a pickup truck at the intersection of Cross Bay Boulevard and Pitkin Avenue. She later died at an area hospital.
Further investigation by the City Police Department’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that around 3:30 a.m. Jacqueline Healy was attempting to travel eastbound on Cross Bay Boulevard when she was struck by a Ford F-150 pickup truck traveling northbound on Cross Bay Boulevard. EMS responded and rushed Healy to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition, where the Jamestown, New York resident was later pronounced dead.
The 47-year-old male operator of the pickup truck remained on the scene and was taken into custody.
Keith Ryan, of Cornwallville, New York, has been charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree; and aggravated unlicensed operator in the third degree.