Hit and run Accidents Are Common in the Bronx
In September of 2018, major media networks reported three fatal hit-and-run accidents in the Bronx:
- September 3. A car near the intersection of the Cross Bronx Expressway and Rosedale Avenue in Parkchester hit a 66-year-old man around 2:30 a.m. The driver fled from the scene. The man was lying on the ground and other three other cars struck him as well. All three drivers remained at the scene and the police arrested two of them for driving with suspended licenses. (New York Post)
- September 25. A pedestrian, identified as Yun Ko of Queens was struck in a hit and run accident. The victim was a 62-year-old male. After being discovered, he was rushed to the hospital where was pronounced dead. (Eyewitness News ABC)
- September 30. A BMW driver caused a three-car collision in the Bronx and then afterward fled on foot to a cemetery close by. The BMW driver was traveling southbound on Jerome Avenue and crossed over the double lines into the northbound lane. His car sideswiped a Honda SUV that a 70-year-old woman was driving. He accelerated, still heading northbound and hit a Toyota, which flipped and entered the path of another Honda SUV driver, a 59-year-old woman, and the Toyota smashed into the passenger door. A 59-year-old man died in the crash. Police arrested the BMW driver for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. (New York Daily News and NBC New York)
A hit and run accident is an accident where a driver involved in the collision knowingly fails to stop and provide information: name, driver's license number, etc. to the injured party, a witness or law enforcement officers or if unable to stop fails to report the accident to authorities as soon as possible.
Under New York law it is illegal to leave the scene of an accident where serious injury or death has occurred.
In many instances, the driver fleeing an accident scene is also at fault for causing the accident.
At Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP, we offer a free initial consultation to discuss serious injury or death of a loved one in hit and run accidents.
