A 57-year-old woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver outside a Queens social security center in broad daylight this week, cops said.
Suzanne Schmeider, 57, was crossing Jamaica Avenue mid-block in front of the facility around 3 p.m. Wednesday when the dark-colored 2001 Lincoln LS rammed into her, police said.
The sedan driver fled the scene, leaving Schmeider in the roadway with severe trauma to her head and body, authorities said.
Schmeider – who lives just over a mile from the scene – was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, according to authorities.
“We are just trying to move forward,” Schmieder’s daughter, Sydney, told The Post. “It’s under investigation right now. The police are doing a great job.”
Sydney launched a GoFundMe page for her mother, hoping to help cover funeral expenses.
“We hope to give my mother a proper celebration and honor the strong, independent and loving woman she was,” she wrote.
No arrests had been made in connection to the deadly crash by Friday.
One security guard told The Post he recalled seeing the car speeding by at the time of the broad-daylight crash.
“It blew through the light and hit the woman and hit a bus and kept going,” the worker said.
Another guard said he was coming back from lunch when he stumbled upon the disturbing scene.
“I saw the woman laying on the ground. I didn’t see any blood,” he said.
A single sneaker could be seen in the middle of the street in the aftermath.
A nearby store owner said it is very common to see people crossing mid-block while coming from or going from the social security office.
“People come in here and ask me where is the social security office,” he said. “I tell them it’s across the street and they want to cross and I say ‘No, cross at the light.’”
He said that motorists tend to zoom down Jamaica Avenue once they cross Parsons Boulevard.
“The street opens up, it’s wider and they think they are on the highway,” the owner added. “I feel bad and upset. I don’t want to see anybody die like that.”
Cars are not supposed to pass in that area at that time, sources said.
A Department of Transportation sign is posted on the corner, warning motorists, “Do not enter, except trucks and buses 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.”
The deadly hit-and-run comes about a week after a 4-year-old Brooklyn boy, Zachariah Padilla, was fatally struck by a motorist in a Ford SUV that fled the scene, cops said.
Padilla was walking near Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway across the street from Brookdale University Hospital shortly after 11 a.m. when he broke off from his mom and darted into the street, where he was hit, authorities and sources said.
That driver had not been caught by Friday, police said.