Driver fatally hits man on Bruckner shoulder, leaves scene
A driver veered onto the Bruckner Expressway shoulder near Exit 8B and fatally hit Armando Rodriguez, 51, around 5:15 a.m. on July 21, 2024; police later arrested Sadiel Ramirez Payano.
Approximate reported location.
What We Know
Armando Rodriguez, 51, of Middletown, had pulled over near Exit 8B on the northbound Bruckner Expressway when a driver veered from the right lane onto the shoulder and hit him and his car, police said. The crash was recorded at 5:15 a.m. on July 21, 2024, and emergency responders pronounced Rodriguez dead at the scene. Police later arrested Sadiel Ramirez Payano, 21, and charged him with leaving the scene without reporting and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. The city crash record lists driver inattention or distraction and unsafe speed as factors for the moving sedan.
A driver entered the shoulder
Police said Rodriguez had pulled over near Exit 8B when a driver veered from the right lane onto the shoulder, hit him and his car, and left the scene. The city recorded the crash at 5:15 a.m. on July 21, 2024.
The city crash record lists two sedans: one traveling north and one parked. Police described the pulled-over car as a Toyota Camry. The record lists driver inattention or distraction and unsafe speed as factors for the moving sedan.
Near Exit 8B
The crash happened on the northbound Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx near Exit 8B into Pelham Bay Park. Police said the driver moved from the right lane onto the shoulder where Rodriguez and his pulled-over car were struck.
Armando Rodriguez
Rodriguez was 51 and lived in Middletown, Orange County. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
An arrest after the hit-and-run
Police later arrested Sadiel Ramirez Payano, 21, of the Bronx. Officials said he was charged with leaving the scene without reporting and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.