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A 24-year-old woman riding an electric Lime moped was struck and run over by a box truck in Brooklyn, police said.
Molly Pearson was riding a Lime rental moped last Tuesday night when she was hit by a white box truck and thrown in front of the vehicle, which immediately ran her over.
EMS arrived quickly on the scene and transported Pearson to Bellevue Hospital, where she clung to life before dying on Saturday.
'It's devastating,' Pearson's mother told the New York Daily News.
Pearson, 24, a New Jersey native, was described by her family her as 'kind, complicated and unapologetically herself'
Police reported that Molly Pearson was struck by a box truck in Brooklyn while she was driving a Lime electric moped on November 2
Police said Pearson had been driving the moped beside the box truck when the 33-year-old truck driver attempted to make a right and struck her
Pearson - who used to work at Albert's Café where she grew up in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey - was described as someone who 'always brought an abundance of energy, joy, and an intoxicating smile,' by the café.
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