{"id":12933,"date":"2016-08-12T04:42:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T08:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/midwood-police-drunk-driver-hit-senior\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T04:42:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T08:42:19","slug":"midwood-police-drunk-driver-hit-senior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/midwood-police-drunk-driver-hit-senior\/","title":{"rendered":"[MIDWOOD] Police: Drunk driver hit senior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.<\/p>\n<p>By Max Jaeger<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Daily<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A Midwood senior is clinging to life after a drunk driver allegedly hit him on Avenue T on Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p>The 85-year-old victim, who lived nearby, was crossing the road near E. 26th Street at about 7:30 pm when a 27-year-old driver hit the man so hard he lost his shoes and smashed the car&#8217;s windshield, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was not in a crosswalk and walked out from behind two parked cars, a police report states.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders took the senior to Lutheran Medical Center in critical condition, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver had no license and was driving a car with Florida plates, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Police are charging him with assault, driving without a license, and driving while intoxicated, a department spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Reach reporter Max Jaeger at mjaeger@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260&ndash;8303. 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