Brooklyn woman killed by hit-and-run driver

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- Police say a Brooklyn woman was killed on Christmas morning in a hit-and-run accident.

Donna Fountain, 38, was crossing Eastern Parkway at Troy Avenue in Crown Heights at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday when she was struck by a silver-colored Audi.

It happened around the corner from her apartment.

She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The car kept going and police are still searching for the driver.

Police are withholding the victim's name until they can notify her family.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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NJ boy dead; police search for hit-and-run driver

  Eyewitness NewsLAKEWOOD, N.J. (WABC) -- Police in New Jersey are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 12-year-old boy.

It happened on South Clover Street in Lakewood at about 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Police say the vehicle ran the boy over, then fled the scene.

The boy died a short time later.

The vehicle is described as large and dark, possibly a mini-van, and police say it likely has damage to its front end and a broken windshield.

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