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# Sheepshead Resident Amjad Barakat Killed In Bay Ridge Hit-And-Run
- URL: https://bklyner.com/sheepshead-resident-amjad-barakat-killed-in-bay-ridge-hit-and-run-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2012-05-22T13:59:54.000Z
- Updated: 2012-05-22T13:59:54.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: #API-Imported

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Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed Sheepshead Bay resident Amjad Barakat, 33, in Bay Ridge last night.

The accident happened shortly before 9:00 p.m., according to the[ New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-man-killed-hit-run-accident-bay-ridge-article-1.1082423?localLinksEnabled=false&ref=bklyner.com).

Barakat was crossing 72nd Street when a beige sedan struck him. The driver then fled south on Seventh Avenue.

Authorities pronounced Barakat dead at the scene.