Photo: The car that Padmore is accused of driving during the fatal crash | Sonia Rincon/1010 WINS
Posted: Tuesday, 03 November 2009 9:26PM
Cops: NY Corrections Officer Strikes, Kills Pedestrian in Prospect Heights
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A state Corrections Officer struck and killed a pedestrian while driving to work at Sing Sing Correctional Facility early Tuesday morning in Brooklyn, police said.
Sonia Rincon reports
The crash occurred at 5:20 a.m. near the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Avenue in Prospect Heights, according to police.
A 38-year-old woman, identified as Dorothea Wallace, was struck and killed as she attempted to cross the street.
Wallace, of Brooklyn, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
Damon Padmore, 38, a 12-year veteran of the Corrections Department, was arrested for driving with a suspended license.
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A state Corrections Officer struck and killed a pedestrian while driving to work at Sing Sing Correctional Facility early Tuesday morning in Brooklyn, police said.
