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Police are currently searching for the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 33-year-old man in Bay Ridge on Monday night, reports Rocco Parascandola for the Daily News.

Amjad Barakat, a resident of Sheepshead Bay, was crossing 72nd Street a few minutes before 9 p.m. on Monday – when he was reportedly hit by a beige sedan.

After striking the pedestrian, the driver continued speeding south on 7th Avenue.

Barakat died on the scene from his injuries shortly afterward.