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Maimonides EMTs Suspended After Fatal Brooklyn Ambulance Hit-and-Run

Police are probing whether the Maimonides crew knew they struck her.

Overview

  • Police say a Maimonides ambulance hit 44-year-old Cherry Cayetano Sobel at Ocean Avenue and Avenue O in Midwood and left the scene.
  • Surveillance video obtained by NY1 shows the vehicle making a left turn and continuing on without stopping.
  • Sobel was rushed to Maimonides Hospital after the collision and was pronounced dead, according to police.
  • Maimonides says the two EMTs in the ambulance are suspended pending the NYPD investigation, and police have not made arrests.
  • Neighbors and a witness pointed to torn-up pavement and fast turns in the area, and Ocean Avenue is on the city’s Vision Zero priority list after multiple pedestrian deaths.