The victim was thrown over the taxi and ended up crumpled on the roadway in front of high-end clothing stores like Barneys and Calvin Klein, witnesses said.
A woman was hit by a yellow taxi and killed in Midtown Saturday as throngs of shoppers watched in horror on glitzy Madison Ave., officials said.
The unidentified victim, who is believed to be in her 60s, was crossing E. 60th St. near Madison Ave. around 2:45 p.m. when a taxi making a left turn rammed into the woman.
The victim was thrown over the taxi and ended up crumpled on the roadway in front of high-end clothing stores like Barneys and Calvin Klein, witnesses said.
“It smashed her and she went airborne and went over the back (of the car),” said Frank Semmel, 39, a retired New Jersey police officer. “I’ve seen it millions of times...I told people not to move her.”
Paramedics rushed the woman to New York Presbyterian Hospital, but doctors were unable to save her. She died of her injuries about 45 minutes after the crash, cops said.
The taxi driver remained at the scene. When the cabbie stepped out of his vehicle, witness Gloria Cohen, 52, noticed his feet were half-in and half-out of his shoes.
"His shoes were not tied when he stepped out the car,” she recalled. "No driver should be driving with an untied shoe. He would not have control to stop himself."
Cops were investigating the incident Saturday.
No charges had been filed against the taxi driver.
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