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A woman who exited a moving Uber was struck and...

A woman who exited a moving Uber was struck and killed by another vehicle early Saturday on the LIE in Queens, the NYPD said.  Credit: NYPD

An Oyster Bay woman who left an Uber as it drove on the Long Island Expressway in Queens was then struck and killed by another vehicle, according to the NYPD.

Priyanka Sewhani, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene early Saturday after ending up on the eastbound LIE, the NYPD said in a statement.

Sewhani had been a passenger in a 2019 Volkswagen Passat operated by an Uber driver when she "exited the moving vehicle" near Main Street, the statement said.

Another eastbound vehicle struck Sewhani at about 1:38 a.m. Saturday and continued on, the police said, adding that the driver was apparently unaware they had hit her.

The NYPD did not immediately provide a description of the vehicle, additional information about why the woman exited the moving Passat, or anything more about the Uber operator, 45.

The ride-sharing driver "remained on scene and was not injured," the NYPD said in the statement. The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad is investigating.

“We’re holding the rider’s loved ones in our hearts in the wake of this horrific tragedy," Uber said in a statement Sunday. "We stand ready to support law enforcement with their investigation however we can.”

Saturday's fatality follows one in August involving an Uber when a Lynbrook chain-reaction crash left a driver for the service dead and his passenger and another motorist critically injured, Newsday reported at the time.

In October, a man in Commack allegedly stole and crashed a vehicle belonging to an Uber driver, according to a Newsday story.

With Tiffany Cusaac-Smith

More coverage: Long Island traffic crashes claimed 243 lives in 2022, 29% more than in 2019, Newsday has reported. The level was the highest since 2015, as dangerous driving increased post-COVID-19 and police traffic enforcement dropped, according to a Newsday analysis of crash and ticketing data and traffic experts.

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