Helicopters???? Pedestrian Struck Flatbush/StMarks

I was wakened by the sound of helicopter(s?) flying very low and sounding like they were hovering over my house at 5AM. This is Vanderbilt Avenue between Prospect and St. Marks.....does anyone know what they were about? They hovered for about an hour and a half, I think......

http://gothamist.com/map/

on the unmapped section it reports "accident investigation" at 5:52 AM.

Did you set your clocks back?

...it doesn't say where on St. Marks, and St. Marks is very long. But there is nothing else.

We've been talking about it over here. A woman was hit by a car and in critical condition.

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=54079

thanks for the heads up.

So those were news chopper(s)? What footage were they hoping for, exactly?

RIP to the victim - she didn't make it, according to NY1.

http://ny1.com/7-brooklyn-news-content/top_stories/108359/corrections-officer-fatally-strikes-pedestrian-in-brooklyn

They were soooo high up that I'm not sure if they were news choppers. I would imagine they'd come in closer if they were trying to get footage.

Ugh, I'm so sorry to hear that she didn't make it. So sad.

news helicopters can be really high up and get good shots.

...amazing lenses

http://www.1010wins.com/Cops--Prison-Cop-Kills-Pedestrian/5587350

from the NYPOST

Sing Sing corrections officer runs over, kills Brooklyn woman
By JAMIE SCHRAM and ALEX GINSBERG
Last Updated: 4:34 PM, November 3, 2009

A state corrections officer on his way to work at Sing Sing prison this morning ran down and killed a Brooklyn woman, police sources said. Damon Padmore, 38, was driving his Ford Expedition northbound on Flatbush Avenue near St. Marks Avenue in Park Slope about 5:20 a.m. when he slammed into Dorthea Wallace, 38. The woman, a manager at the Macy's in downtown Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital. Padmore, a correction officer since 1997, was scheduled to work a shift at the prison in Ossining starting at 7 a.m., according to a corrections spokesman. Police sources said Padmore was not drunk, but was arrested for a misdemeanor for driving with a suspended license.

A state corrections officer on his way to work at Sing Sing prison this morning ran down and killed a Brooklyn woman, police sources said.

Damon Padmore, 38, was driving his Ford Expedition northbound on Flatbush Avenue near St. Marks Avenue in Park Slope about 5:20 a.m. when he slammed into Dorthea Wallace, 38.

The woman, a manager at the Macy's in downtown Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital.

Padmore, a correction officer since 1997, was scheduled to work a shift at the prison in Ossining starting at 7 a.m., according to a corrections spokesman.

Police sources said Padmore was not drunk, but was arrested for a misdemeanor for driving with a suspended license.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/s.....Mglz00sdJBM#ixzz0VufZxyDy

Dorthea Wallace R.I.P.


MOD NOTE: bad drivers tangent discussion moved HERE