A BMW driver fatally struck a person crossing a Bronx road – after which ditched the wheels and his passenger to depart the scene on foot, cops mentioned.
Shariq Bryant, 27, was attempting to cross East 222nd mid-block round 12:15 a.m. Saturday when the wild 2025 BMW M8 motorist rammed into him whereas barreling towards the Boston Street intersection in Williamsbridge, authorities mentioned.
Bryant – who lived just a few blocks from the scene – was rushed with extreme physique trauma to Jacobi Medical Heart, the place he succumbed to his accidents, police mentioned.
In a GoFundMe web page, Bryant’s household described him as “really certainly one of a form—a heat, caring, and deeply loving soul whose presence made each room brighter.”
“He had a means of constructing folks really feel seen, valued, and supported,” Bryant’s family members wrote on the fundraising web page. “Whether or not sharing fun, or just being his real, uplifting self, Shariq touched numerous lives. His kindness was easy, his compassion limitless, and his love for his family and friends plain.”
In the meantime, the reckless driver continued heading east on the identical road, earlier than putting a phone pole on the nook, cops mentioned.
The motorist then jumped out of the automotive and bolted – leaving his injured entrance seat passenger alone, authorities mentioned.
That rider, a 28-year-old man, suffered solely minor accidents and was not hospitalized, police mentioned.
Cops have been nonetheless in search of the cowardly driver on Monday.
The lethal hit-and-run simply hours after a 68-year-old grandfather was mowed down by a wrong-way moped driver in Queens, police mentioned.
Trevor Lloyd Samuels, a former correction officer from the island of Jamaica, was struck and killed by the two-wheeled menace as he crossed on the intersection of 93rd Avenue close to 168th Avenue round 6:30 p.m. Friday, cops mentioned.
The moped driver, Yunio Buleje Rodriguez, 26, additionally suffered minor accidents and was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motorcar, police mentioned.
