Family Matriarch, 99, who fled Russia after the Second World War, deadly by the driver

A 99-year-old woman died almost two weeks after she was struck by an unlicensed driver in Brooklyn, new

Taibel Brod, 99, a Hasidic Jewish woman who fled Russia after the Second World War, fought when he crossed Montgomery St. In Crown Heights Tuesday, April 8, around 20:30, says a spokesman for New York.

She was transported to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was originally listed in stable condition. But she gave in for her injuries 12 days later and died on Sunday, April 20.

The matriarch was hit by Menachem Shagalow, a 65-year-old man who ran a 2023 GMC Yukon SUV traveling south at Brooklyn Ave. On the same day, he was accused of aggravated unlicensed operator, failure to exercise proper care and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a NYPD spokesman said.

Taibel, a long -term living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was survived by her large Chabad family, including her five children and several grandchildren, according to her obituary.

Taibel was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. She came to the United States after the Second World War, as she fled Russia on an escape train to Poland, her family said, according to New York Daily News.

In 1946 she ended up in the displaced person’s camp in Pocking, in Germany. There she married her husband, Chatzkel Brod, and gave birth to her two older daughters, said her son Yisroel Brod, according to Daily news. She moved to New York in 1951.

NYPD lists her age as 101 at the time of her death. Her child thinks she was 99 because when she fled from Russia she used another person’s passport. Her actual age is unclear.

“Hard to her youth in Russia gave her the strength to move forward. She survived communism,” her son Yosef Brod, 73, told her son Yosef Brod Daily news.

“She went every morning from Crown Heights to Brookdale Hospital. She used to feed patients there for many many years,” Tabel’s youngest son, Yisroel Brod, said 70, Daily News. He called the accident a “tragedy.”

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She also fed patients at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center for “Over 50 years day in and day out,” Yosef told New York Post. He added that she was “very active in society” and had “goodness and kindness for her.”

“My mother was deeply involved in society as a volunteer in many areas. She prayed a lot daily,” son Yisroel, 69, told the outlet. “A very open house and visitors would come from other countries to be in this community. She would welcome them for a weekend, a holiday. She was a very rewarding person.”

“She was (a) very independent woman,” said her 38-year-old grandchild, including the name Yisroel. “Extremely independent and strong. She would take the bus herself. She was extremely independent until her last day.”