A heartless SUV driver mowed down a 74-year-old pedestrian and despatched him flying by means of the air in a lethal Brooklyn hit-and-run crash Wednesday evening, based on video and police.
Troubling surveillance footage reveals the second a white SUV slams into Segundo Reina-Gaon — brutally catapulting the pedestrian from the crosswalk right into a parked automobile after which the pavement at Ridge Boulevard and Bay Ridge Avenue round 9 p.m. in Bay Ridge.
The motorist was touring northbound on Ridge Boulevard when the SUV crashed into the senior citizen, police mentioned.
Reina-Gaon, of Sundown Park, was rushed by medics to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, the place he died.
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D-Brooklyn), who represents the realm, mentioned he was “devastated” after listening to in regards to the deadly crash.
“Terrible information to get up to this morning in Bay Ridge,” he wrote on X.
“The video is difficult to look at. The motive force doesn’t seem to even decelerate,” he added.
“This driver must be apprehended and prosecuted. And we are going to proceed to work with DOT to make this intersection – and Ridge Boulevard – safer.”
Detectives are nonetheless combing by means of proof to find out the make and mannequin of the SUV, police mentioned.
