Hit-and-run driver hits Bronx man who dies five weeks later
A driver in a black sedan hit a 60-year-old pedestrian on Westchester Avenue in the Bronx at about 3:45 a.m. on June 12, 2022, and left the scene; the man died at Lincoln Hospital on July 17.
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What We Know
A driver in a black sedan hit a 60-year-old man crossing Westchester Avenue in the Bronx at about 3:45 a.m. on June 12, 2022, and kept going, according to a Daily News account of police findings. Medics took the man to Lincoln Hospital, where he died July 17. The official crash record places the collision at Hoe Avenue, while the newspaper's police account places it midblock near Faile Street. The record cites unsafe speed and driver inattention or distraction for the driver's vehicle. As of August 23, police had made no arrests.
The collision and the man's death
At about 3:45 a.m. on June 12, 2022, a driver in a black sedan hit a 60-year-old man as he crossed Westchester Avenue, according to the Daily News account of police findings. The driver did not stop and was last seen heading west toward Southern Boulevard.
First responders found the man in the roadway, and medics took him to Lincoln Hospital. Police said he died there on July 17, five weeks after the collision.
Two accounts of the location
The official crash record places the collision on Westchester Avenue at Hoe Avenue in the Bronx. The Daily News, citing police, places the crossing midblock near Faile Street in Foxhurst. The accounts differ on the nearby cross street.
Police investigation
The Daily News reported on August 23 that police had made no arrests and were trying to locate the man's family before releasing his name. An NYPD spokeswoman told the newspaper that the department had only recently been notified of his death.