A Staten Island mom was mowed down in a Father\u2019s Day hit-and-run as her devastated family warned that the cowardly driver would pay for their \u201csenseless\u201d crimes.<\/p>\n
Diana Rolon, 60, died after succumbing to her injuries on Thursday \u2014 four days after she was fatally struck by a speeding BMW driver in Staten Island around 4 p.m., her family said in a GoFundMe page.<\/p>\n
Single mom Rolon \u2013 who was marking her first Father\u2019s Day since her dad died \u2013 was waiting to cross the street while she attended a local yard sale. <\/p>\n
Diana Rolon with her graduating son days before the accident. Gofundme<\/p>\n
A BMW driver, who had no license plates, was seen zooming on Decker Avenue moments before the collision, which happened near Catherine Street, according to police.<\/p>\n
The cowardly driver fled the scene \u2013 and Rolon, who had just celebrated her son Michael\u2019s high school graduation, was left fighting for her life in the hospital, where she underwent emergency brain surgery. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe almost was unrecognizable \u2013 that\u2019s due to the speed this animal was going,\u201d a furious relative told PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n Rolon\u2019s devastated family berated the driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSpeeding down the street for no reason. Even if he had a reason. Slow down. Life is precious, and you took my sister,\u201d Sylvia Rolon, her sister, said, describing the driver\u2019s actions as \u201csenseless.\u201d<\/p>\n Mourners gather at the spot were the mom was struck. WABC<\/p>\n Footage captured the BMW speeding down the street moments before the strike. WABC<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re going to pay. You are going to pay for what you did to my sister,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Rolon\u2019s niece Emily Feliciano scolded the driver, saying, \u201cYou are a coward.\u201d<\/p>\n Tributes were paid to the mom \u2013 and her family said she fought with \u201cincredible strength\u201d in the days leading up to her death.<\/p>\n \u201cDiana was a loving mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend whose kindness touched so many lives,\u201d Feliciano posted on the crowdfunding site. <\/p>\n \u201cHer son, Michael, is now facing the heartbreaking loss of his mother while beginning a new chapter of his own life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Hours before Rolon\u2019s accident, two New Jersey women \u2014 Mariana Elizabeth Valverde Beltran, 58, and Maria Isabel DeLosAngeles Salgado Ayala, 61 \u2014 were killed while they were struck<\/a> by a hit-and-run driver after a World Cup watch party. <\/p>\n