Screen and stage actress Lisa Banes. (Screenshot via YouTube E! News)
Screen and stage actress Lisa Banes is in critical condition after a hit-and-run accident near the Lincoln Center on the Upper-Westside in Manhattan June 4, her wife Kathryn Kranhold told multiple media outlets June 5. Kranhold added that the 65-year-old actress is in the intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Morningside hospital with a traumatic brain injury.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department (NYPD) said that Banes was crossing Amsterdam Avenue in the crosswalk at West 64th near the Juilliard School when she was struck by a scooter or a small motorcycle without a license plate operated by an unidentified male driver. Banes had the right of way but the NYPD added, “No one knows for sure. Some witnesses said it was a scooter. Some said it was a motorcycle with no plate, some even thought it was a motorized bicycle.” He went on to say that NYPD investigators are actively pursuing the investigation.
“The driver did not stop but continued, luckily she was relatively close to the hospital and she was able to be transported there,” the “Gone Girl” actress’ manager David Williams told WNBC News 4 New York.
