An 85-year-old woman driving with her 90-year-old husband on a Brooklyn street died after she crashed the car into a utility pole Friday, police said.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the 2014 Buick was traveling eastbound on Glenwood Road near East 98th Street in Canarsie at around 11:05 a.m. when the elderly woman struck a utility pole, cops said.
Emergency responders found the woman unconscious and unresponsive and her husband in the passenger seat in stable condition, police said.
The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her husband was taken to the same hospital in stable condition.
The victim may have had a health episode behind the wheel, sources said.