NYC start-up founder, 30, dies three days after she was struck by Range Rover being driven by 72-year-old man who's been cited for speeding near schools five times in three years

A 30-year-old NYC start-up founder has died three days after being hit by a Range Rover steps away from her home on the Upper East Side.

Sophia D'Antoine, founder of Margin Research, died on Friday after being rushed to  hospital in critical condition and clinging onto life for several days. 

The 72-year-old driver of a 2017 black Range Rover hit the woman as she was crossing York Avenue at East 8th Street at around 9:30pm on Tuesday as the rain drenched NYC's busy roads. 

The motorist, who has not been named, struck the woman, swerved into a yellow taxi head-on and knocked the vehicle into an unoccupied 2022 Ford Explorer SUV, according to NYPD.

A 30-year-old NYC start-up founder has died three days after being hit by a range rover steps away from her home on the Upper East Side

The 72-year-old driver of a 2017 black range rover hit the woman as she was crossing York Avenue at East 8th Street at around 9:30pm on Tuesday as the rain drenched NYC's busy roads

D'Antoine was hit just minutes away from her home on East 87th street and she was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center, which is about 20 blocks north of the scene. 

The 72-year-old driver of the convertible luxury vehicle, who has not been identified, has faced multiple traffic violations prior to the deadly incident, records show. 

Speeding in a school zone make up five of the traffic violations, all of which occurred around Queens in just the last three years. 

The 62-year-old taxi driver was taken to New York City Health + Hospitals Elmhurst in stable condition while the driver of the Range Rover remained don the scene.  

The driver hit the woman, swerved into a yellow taxi head-on and knocked the vehicle into an unoccupied 2022 Ford Explorer SUV, according to NYPD

The 72-year-old driver of the convertible luxury vehicle, who has not been identified, has faced multiple traffic violations prior to the deadly incident, records show

D'Antoine founded Margin Research, which is a boutique NYC-based research firm, in 2018. 

She attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - a private university in Troy, New York, where she studied electrical engineering and computer science and graduated in 2015.

Having previously worked as a security engineer for social media website Tumblr and Cisco Systems, she was dubbed  the 'hacker in residence' at NYU by the website of a cyber security event she previously attended.