Police say a driver fled from a Brooklyn crime scene overnight after hitting a 63-year-old man and leaving him for dead.
Officers responded to a 911 report of a pedestrian struck by a car at Atlantic Avenue and Nostrand Avenue around 3 a.m. Saturday.
EMS also arrived the intersection and transported the victim to Interfaith Hospital, but it was too late.
Police identified the victim as Dyral Brown of Brooklyn.
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The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad has determined Brown was attempting to cross Atlantic when he was hit by the car at a high rate of speed.
Investigators say the vehicle was a silver SUV.
No arrests have been announced and the investigation is ongoing.
