Lourdes Camilo, a 53-year-old mother, died after being hit by the driver of a Jeep who then fled in The Bronx (NYC).
The victim had four children y He worked as a manager at a Starbucks in Manhattan.. The tragedy happened a few steps from Camilo’s house, who With the impact she ended up in the path of a second Jeep vehicle that also hit her.dying at the scene.
Camilo was crossing Melrose Ave. near E. 157st St. around 7:10 p.m. Saturday when the driver of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee hit her and kept going, according to the NYPD. The impact threw the woman into the path of a Jeep Wrangler heading south on Melrose Ave.
“The whole family felt very sorry for her,” said to Daily News his mother in Spanish. “She called everyone her friends. She was very special, always with a smile even if she had a problem.”
The driver of the Jeep Wrangler, a 53-year-old man, waited for police, and has not been charged. The first person involved, who was behind the wheel of the Grand Cherokee, fled and is being sought.
“I want the person to just turn himself in so the family can be calm,” said Lasheena Mcfadzean, Camilo’s neighbor. “This way we can be calm. Because we can’t cross that street right now.”
No arrests have been made or suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance for drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs..
Traffic accidents are a great challenge in New York and In many cases the drivers flee. This despite “Vision Zero” road safety plan created in 2014 by the then new mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists with a goal of zero deaths by 2024. According to the NYPD, cyclist deaths increased 260% in the first six months of 2023 and 325% since the implementation of the “Vision Zero” plan in 2014.
Last month the Governor Hochulsigned the “Angelic Law”, intended to keep drivers with prior suspensions off the road by charging repeat offenders who operate vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that resulted in prior suspensions or revocations as a felony.
2024-01-16 05:07:15
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