The piece of heavy machinery that mowed down Estelle Davis, 61, in an East New York crosswalk belonged to Vali Industries, a Con Ed spokesman confirmed.
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Now her family is trying to come to grips with the sudden tragedy.
Estelle Davis, 61, was killed on the corner of New Lots and Van Sinderen avenues on Friday afternoon.
Davis worked every day of the week as a home health care attendant. She was constantly taking care of others and sharing whatever she had.
Her loved ones say she always made sure others had food in their refrigerators and she loved buying bubbles for little children.
Authorities initially believe she was the victim of a hit-and-run crash, but now believe a backhoe ran her over and left her body in the street.
Woman struck by backhoe, run over in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (WCBS) New video sheds light on the death of a woman near a construction site in Brooklyn.
Estelle Davis, 61, is seen walking across New Lots Avenue in East New York on Friday. Going in reverse, a backhoe backs into her and hits her in the head with the shovel. The backhoe then runs her over.
“Sad. It was very sad,” friend Marie Brathwaite said.
Davis was working two jobs as a home health care nurse, according to her husband. Brathwaite said she knew her for 40 years. They were neighbors and went to the same church.
News by Elizabeth Elizalde & Dean Balsamini 8th Mar 2021 5:31 AM Warning: Graphic Heartbreaking video has solved the mystery of what happened to a woman found crushed to death on a Brooklyn street. The woman was struck by a backhoe whose driver apparently never even saw her, new footage obtained by the Graphic footage shows a backhoe running over a woman. Picture: New York Post The video shows the yellow construction vehicle striking 61-year-old Estelle Davis with its shovel before running her over and dragging her along the corner of New Lots and Van Sinderen Avenues in East New York. Neither the driver nor a worker nearby appears to notice as Davis falls and then disappears under the vehicle.