Four days after Jiayi Zheng died on her way home from an overnight nursing shift at NYC Langone Brooklyn, police are still looking for the hit-and-run driver who allegedly killed her. Authorities previously said they hoped surveillance video would help track down the driver. The status of that pa rt of the investigation wasn’t immediately clear Tuesday. No one is in custody. Police said an out-of-control Cadillac slammed into Zheng Saturday morning in Sunset Park, at 3rd Avenue and 55th Street, and sped off. The video is jarring. It shows Zheng waiting at the street corner. The light changes and she walks across the crosswalk. An allegedly speeding driver blows the red light and hits her so hard, according to co-worker Juan Rivera, that the impact flung Zheng into a beam that helps support the highway. Colleagues said Zheng was heading home from a hospital shift when she was struck — and then rushed back to the same hospital, but as a patient. Now flowers and candles adorn a pillar in the intersection where she was hit. “She was a float nurse so she would go around to different units. She was so fun, always smiling, even in the worst situation,” co-worker Foram Ravil said upon learning of her death. Rivera said the circumstances have been difficult for colleagues. “She wanted to go home, and she never made it home.” “Everyone’s devastated. It’s the worst,” Ravil said. Several people noted the intersection of 3rd Ave. and 55th St. is especially dangerous, with speeding cars and drivers not paying sufficient attention to pedestrians. “The drivers are really aggressive here in Sunset Park, and it seems like even if you are looking, the drivers here are really aggressive,” a nearby bodega worker said. NYU Langone said in a statement: “Our nurses play an essential role in caring for others with compassion and dedication, and this loss is being felt across our entire community.” Ravil said Zheng will be remembered by those who worked with her. “She was amazing. I will miss her so much,” Ravil said. This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC New York. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC New York journalist edited the article for publication. ...read more read less