Gone too soon
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
An assistant prosecutor
with the District Attorney’s
offi ce has died
after a bus driver struck
her as she rode a bicycle
through a Williamsburg
intersection early in the
morning on Sept. 7, police
reported.
Law enforcement
sources said that Sarah
Pitts, 35, was struck at
the corner of Wythe Avenue
COURIER L 10 IFE, SEPT. 11-17, 2020
and Williamsburg
Street at 12:35 am on
Monday. The bus driver
stopped and remained at
the scene.
First responders
found the victim on the
pavement with head
trauma and rushed her
to Bellevue Hospital,
where she succumbed
to her injuries later on
Monday.
No charges have been
fi led at this time, and the
NYPD Collision Investigation
Squad is continuing
its inquiry.
Brooklyn District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez announced
Pitts’ death in
a memorial message on
Twitter Monday afternoon.
He said that Pitts
joined his offi ce back in
2018, describing her as a
“brilliant and compassionate
lawyer dedicated
to seeking justice.”
“She was assigned to
the Appeals Bureau and
worked diligently with
our Post-Conviction Justice
Bureau to review parole
applications to determine
those our offi ce
should support,” Gonzalez
said. “And when the
Assistant District Attorney Sarah Pitts, above, was killed after
a bus struck her while she was biking in Williamsburg.
COVID crisis struck,
Sarah selfl essly volunteered
to come into the
offi ce to help with urgent
matters and to relieve
the administrative
staff so they would
not bear the full burden
of the pandemic. She
was a kind and generous
worker who will be
greatly missed.”
The scene of the crash at Wythe Avenue. Photos by Aaron Berger
Assistant district attorney fatally struck by bus in W’burg
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