A New York City nurse was walking home from an overnight shift when a speeding car suddenly blasted through a red light — sending her flying and leaving her dying at the very hospital where she worked.

Jiayi Zheng, 28, was crossing a Brooklyn street in her hospital scrubs Saturday morning when a black Cadillac came barreling through the intersection and slammed into her.

The horrifying crash happened around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of 55th Street and Third Avenue in Sunset Park, according to police.

Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment.

Zheng can be seen making her way through the crosswalk when the Cadillac, traveling southbound on Third Avenue, appears to blow through the red light.

The car does not appear to slow down.

It strikes Zheng with such force that she is thrown through the air before landing on the median.

Then the driver keeps going.

Instead of stopping to help the badly injured woman, the driver fled the scene, leaving Zheng lying in the street.

The 28-year-old nurse was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn — the same hospital where she had just finished working an overnight shift.

But despite desperate efforts to save her, Zheng succumbed to severe injuries to her head and body.

She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

She had just finished caring for patients

The tragedy has hit especially hard among Zheng’s colleagues, who said she had just completed her overnight shift before beginning the walk home.

Zheng worked as a nurse in the hospital’s medical-surgical unit.

Coworkers described her as a dedicated caregiver who was known for being positive and good-natured.

Hospital sources said she lived nearby and was walking home when the crash occurred.

She was still wearing the green scrubs from her shift when the speeding vehicle struck her.

Driver vanished into the morning traffic

Police say the vehicle involved was a 2014 Cadillac sedan with Pennsylvania license plates.

After striking Zheng, the driver continued south on Third Avenue and fled.

As of Sunday, the driver had not been identified or arrested.

The NYPD Collision Investigation Squad is handling the investigation and reviewing surveillance footage in an effort to track down the person behind the wheel.

The crash has also reignited concerns about pedestrian safety along Third Avenue.

The stretch of roadway where Zheng was killed has been the scene of other deadly crashes in recent years.

Transportation advocates say Zheng’s death is part of a troubling pattern on the corridor, with multiple pedestrians and cyclists killed in hit-and-run crashes over the past decade.

‘She was always positive’

Those who worked alongside Zheng are now left mourning a young nurse who had spent her final hours doing what she had devoted herself to — caring for other people.

Instead of making it home after her shift, she became the victim of a terrifying crash that unfolded in seconds.

Her colleagues remembered her as someone who was consistently positive and compassionate.

Now, investigators are searching for the driver who left her behind.

The NYPD is urging anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has information about the Cadillac or its driver to come forward.

For Zheng’s loved ones and coworkers, one question remains painfully unanswered:

Why didn’t the driver stop?

Source: pagesix