HIT AND RUN DRIVER KILLS ONE-CAUGHT BY NEW YORK HEROS
In a story reported in the New York Times, Nuevo Estilo, a barber, was an unlikely hero last December when he chased down a hit and run driver of a minivan, who plowed down a man and kept going. Witnesses said the victim, 73 year-old Francisco Guerrero, was carrying several bags of groceries and was walking home when they saw the minivan hit him.
Estilo was working in a barber shop on Fourth Avenue at 52nd street when he saw the blue minivan hit the man. As Estilo chased the minivan a delivery driver followed. The Dodge Caravan minivan went on to ram into a parked car and proceeded, finally coming to a stop near 50th Street and Third Avenue - where he got out of the minivan and started running down the street. After a short chase, the hit and run driver was eventually captured by Estilo and the delivery truck driver. Police arrested the man, Lawrence Meyers, 38, and took him into custody after he was driven back to the scene by the delivery driver.
Other reports in the New York Times indicate that hit and run accidents are a frequent occurrence in the City. Last April, a 73-year-old Brooklyn woman returning home from a Passover Seder was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she walked with her husband across a street. Reyzya Ratsa Burman, was crossing a dangerous stretch of Ninth Avenue on her way to her apartment when she was hit and killed by a 1997 to 2002 gold Buick sedan. Her daughter had just dropped her mother off when the hit and run took place. Mrs. Burman’s husband, Maurichiu, 73, was also hit, but he was in stable condition after being struck by the Buick.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a hit and run accident, please call the NY auto accident attorneys at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, LLP. We are your personal injury and wrongful death experts.
