Woman Dies After Being Struck By Police Vehicle In The Bronx

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A woman has died several days after she was struck by a police vehicle in the Bronx.

Monday afternoon, a marked police vehicle with its lights and sirens on was responding to a request for assistance at the Throgs Neck Bridge when they struck a female pedestrian at Wallace Avenue and Pelham Parkway.

The pedestrian, who police identify as 20-year-old Sofia Gomez, of the Bronx, was taken to Jacobi Hospital.

Gomez was pronounced dead at the hospital Thursday evening.

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