Hit-And-Run Kills 77-Year-Old Woman In Queens: NYPD

FLUSHING, QUEENS -- A 77-year-old Queens woman was killed in a hit-and-run just blocks from her home on Wednesday morning.

Jun Sum Yim was crossing Parsons Boulevard at 32nd Avenue in Flushing when an unknown vehicle slammed into her just after 7 a.m., cops said.

Police arrived at the scene to Yim lying unconscious in the roadway, just two blocks from her home near Parsons Boulevard and 34th Ave. The driver who hit her was nowhere to be found.

Medics rushed Yim to Flushing Hospital Medical Center, where she died. Cops are still searching for the vehicle who hit Yim.

City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) offered his condolences to Yim's family in a statement on Wednesday.

“To lose an elderly family member to such a cowardly act is truly devastating," Koo said. "Too many of our neighbors, friends, and families have suffered irreparably at the hands of irresponsible and unethical drivers."

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.