Brooklyn woman, 70, killed when her Range Rover slams into elevated highway stanchion, police say
A 70-year-old woman died after her Range Rover slammed into a pillar underneath the Gowanus Expressway, police said Saturday.
Rose Gargano was heading south on Third Ave. at about 3:42 p.m. Friday when she lost control of the wheel. Her Range Rover veered to the left, hopped a curb and slammed into a stanchion for the elevated highway.
First responders found Gargano unconscious behind the wheel, cops said.
EMS rushed her to NYU Langone-Brooklyn, but she couldn’t be saved.
She was about two miles from her home in Bay Ridge when she died.
Cops are investigating the possibility that Gargano suffered a medical episode before losing control of the wheel.
An autopsy conducted by the city’s Medical Examiner’s office will determine how she died.
