Longtime Norwood resident Anna Rogovin, 91, was struck by a tractor-trailer on Thursday, March 13, at about 10:35 a.m. as she crossed Gun Hill Road. She had been on her way to the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, where she had been an active participant in senior activities for more than 20 years.

The truck, which had a green light, struck Rogovin on its passenger side, causing severe leg trauma.

On Thursday, hours after the accident, Rogovin made it through emergency surgery. Both of her legs had to be amputated. She is now breathing on her own and in stable condition.   

Rogovin is a “wonderful, positive person,” said Bayla Lovens, the community center’s senior center director. “She is one of the kindest people I know.” Lovens added that Rogovin is a “very active” member of the center’s senior advisory board.

A friend of Rogovin, who declined to be named, said that she was also a vocal member of the center’s “Bluebirds Club,” a weekly women’s social gathering.

A Norwood resident, Rogovin is a veteran of Navy WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), having served in Washington, D.C. during World War II as a chemist. Rogovin also worked for Sloan Kettering, Colgate Palmolive and the American Petroleum Institute.

She lives just a block from the community center on Rochambeau Avenue.

Police are still looking for the driver of the truck, a large white 18-wheeler with blue stripes. An NYPD spokesman says they are treating the matter as an accident, and that the driver is wanted only for routine questioning, not a criminal investigation.

If anyone has information, please call the 52nd Police Precinct at (718) 220-5811.