Castillo charged after fatal Jerome Avenue pedestrian crash.
Police later alleged that Steven Castillo first struck Antonio Martin before a second driver hit him; the official record logs one pedestrian death on Jerome Avenue at 6:58 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2022.
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What We Know
Initial reports attributed to police described a 21-year-old BMW driver striking a pedestrian near Featherbed Lane and remaining at the scene. A later Daily News report said police alleged that Castillo struck Martin first in a Honda Accord, then a second driver in a BMW hit him; it reported that Castillo fled. The official record logs one pedestrian death on Jerome Avenue at 6:58 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2022. Castillo was arrested March 2 and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash.
Later reporting described an earlier impact.
Initial reports attributed to police described a 21-year-old BMW driver striking a pedestrian near Featherbed Lane and remaining at the scene. The Daily News and Norwood News reported that the man died at the scene.
On March 2, the Daily News reported that police said Castillo, 26, driving a Honda Accord, struck Martin before a 21-year-old BMW driver hit him. The report said Castillo left before police arrived and investigators used surveillance video. The Bronx Times, citing police sources, added that the second driver hit Martin while he lay in the road and dragged him before stopping. These later accounts add details not included in the initial reports.
Martin lived in Hunts Point.
The Daily News identified the pedestrian as Antonio Martin, 60, and reported that he lived at a homeless shelter in Hunts Point, about two miles from the crash site.
Reports differ on the Honda's direction.
The official record lists a 2009 Honda sedan traveling north and a 2010 BMW sedan traveling south. The Daily News identified Castillo as driving a Honda Accord and described the BMW as a GT5. Bronx Times, citing police sources, said the Honda was traveling south; Norwood News described the BMW as southbound.
Castillo was arrested and charged in March.
The Daily News and Norwood News reported that police arrested Castillo on March 2. The Daily News described the charge as leaving the scene of a fatal crash; Norwood News called it leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
Where
JEROME AVENUE