Investigators say 59 - year old Raj Chohan was hit while walking along parked cars at 97th Avenue and 117th Street in Richmond Hill at about 7 p . m .
Raj Chohan
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Investigators say 59 - year old <m> Raj Chohan </m> was hit while walking along parked cars at 97th Avenue and 117th Street in Richmond Hill at about 7 p . m .
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Queens hit and run leaves woman dead
Saturday , September 14 , 2013
Police have a suspect in custody after a hit and run accident that killed a woman in Queens Friday night .
Investigators say 59 - year old <m> Raj Chohan </m> was hit while walking along parked cars at 97th Avenue and 117th Street in Richmond Hill at about 7 p . m .
Police say she was struck by a grey Toyota Camry heading north on 117th Street , which then fled the scene .
They later apprehended the suspect , identified as 23 - year old Vishwanand Subryan of Schenectady , New York .
He has been charged with Vehicular Manslaughter , Criminally Negligent Homicide , Leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death , and DWI .
Eyewitness News has learned from people in the neighborhood that the victim is originally from Punjab , India .
She was in the neighborhood visiting someone .
She doesn't live on the block .
Eyewitness News spoke to one man who says he called 911 after he heard a crash .
"I see a person lying down .
This is a mom , a female , and then I dialed 911 , " said Mahadeo Rambrich , a witness .
"What did the person look like when you saw her lying on the ground ? " Eyewitness News asked .
"Not responding .
She was unconscious , " Rambrich said .
This neighborhood is mostly made up of Indian and Guyanese families , and residents describe it as peaceful and quiet .
There's a temple there .
But Friday night , everyone was shaken up by what happened .