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We have some unfortunate news to report today from New York, where over the long holiday weekend, a young prosecutor was killed after being hit by a bus.
Sarah Pitts was a senior assistant district attorney with the King’s County District Attorney’s Office. The New York Daily News has additional details on the Penn Law graduate’s death:
Pitts, 35, was biking east on Wythe Ave. near Williamsburg St. when she was hit at about 12:35 a.m. Medics rushed her to Bellevue Hospital, where she could not be saved. …
The bus that hit Pitts belonged to Excellent Bus Service, police said. The driver had no alcohol in his system, and had a valid license, cops said.
He remained on the scene, and police were still investigating the crash Monday afternoon. He has not been charged.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released the following statement via Twitter:
Manhattan D.A. candidate Tali Farhadian Weinstein, who used to work with Pitts, described her friend as an “extraordinary person,” saying, “For me, she was the beating heart of the Post-Conviction Justice Bureau.”
We here at Above the Law would like to extend our sincere condolences to Sarah Pitt’s family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.
‘She was really a light’: Friend, Brooklyn DA mourn prosecutor killed in bicycle collision with bus [New York Daily News]
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