A lead-footed driver in Brooklyn struck and killed a 36-year-old man attempting to cross a deadly thoroughfare on Monday. Police said the man was in the crosswalk on Linden Boulevard at Ashford Street in East New York when he was mowed down by a driver traveling eastbound on Linden at about 1:20 pm on March 18. The man, who was not immediately identified by police, was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased just before 2 pm.
