Two cyclists were killed in separate hit-and-run crashes in New York City this week, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the Bronx, 51-year-old Angelo Camara was riding his bike home from work Tuesday night when he was struck by a BMW, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Family members said Camara, who worked as a mechanic, typically rode the same route home but took a different route on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to police, a 2018 BMW sedan was traveling east on Bruckner Boulevard when the driver ran a red light at Lockwood Avenue and struck Camara.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Camara was taken to the hospital, but did not survive his injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a safe place to cross the street,\u201d Chris Roundtree, a Bronx resident, said. “Whoever hit those people last night they weren\u2019t paying attention. The onus is on the driver.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police said the BMW went on to strike two parked cars before continuing east and hitting another vehicle stopped at a red light. The 37-year-old woman driving that car was injured and taken to a hospital in stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The driver of the BMW did not remain at the scene, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Family and friends have created a makeshift memorial near the crash site, while another memorial was set up outside the auto shop where Camara worked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe meant a lot to the community. He was a mechanic, he was a father, a brother, a friend, whatever you need he was there,\u201d Camara\u2019s brother-in-law, Angel Martinez, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martinez urged the driver to turn themselves in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you keep running, it\u2019s gonna make matters even worse,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, 29-year-old Paulina Tec Choc, of Queens, was also fatally struck while riding an e-bike early Tuesday, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That crash happened at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street in the Cypress Hills neighborhood. Police said the driver of the pickup truck involved fled the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Transportation Alternatives, a nonprofit focused on street safety, said 16 cyclists have been killed in New York City so far this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police have not announced any arrests, and said both investigations remain ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two cyclists were killed in separate hit-and-run crashes in New York City this week, according to police.\u00a0 In…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1014602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12170,7448,1121,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,55432,5292,5305,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5284],"class_list":["post-1014601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-brooklyn","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-olivia-leach","tag-public-safety","tag-the-bronx","tag-top-stories","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-vod"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117132676703082255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}