A 20-year-old woman has died after being hit by an NYPD patrol car in the Bronx Monday, authorities said.
Sophia Gomez, who lived on Pelham Parkway near the site of the crash on Wallace Avenue, died Thursday night at Jacobi Hospital, according to police.
The crash happened about 3:30 p.m. as the department highway cruiser – it’s lights and sirens activated – responded to a call for officer assistance on the Throgs Neck Bridge, striking Gomez on its way to the scene.
No information about the driver’s identity, or other pertinent information about the incident, has been publicly released.
Kevin Deutsch is a Staff Writer for Bronx Justice News covering the criminal justice system, drugs, and DNA use by law enforcement. An award-winning journalist, Deutsch is the author of the true crime books "Pill City" and "The Triangle." He has worked on staff at the Daily News, Miami Herald, Newsday, The Palm Beach Post, and The Riverdale Press. His work has also appeared in Newsweek, Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Forward, The Independent, Huffington Post, Orlando Sentinel, and the New York Post, among other publications. His numerous television appearances include spots on CNN, MSNBC, and C-SPAN's BookTV. He has also been featured in The New Yorker. A Bronx resident, Deutsch hosts the true crime podcast "A Dark Turn" on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network.
