The weekend of June 11, two bicyclists and one pedestrian were killed by two hit and run drivers.
According to NYPD, the first incident happened on Saturday June 11 near East Tremont and Mayflower avenues in the Bronx when they found 26 year old Giovanni A. Nin severely injured in the roadway.
It appears that Nin was on his bicycle on East Tremont Avenue when he tried to cross the road and was hit by a silver BMW X5, which left the scene with damage to its front right bumper, hood and windshield.
Nin was pronounced dead at the scene.
The second incident happened in Manhattan near near Chambers and West streets at around 7:52 p.m. when a 2011 Ford truck being driven by 26 year old Samuel Silva, from New Jersey was turning right to westbound Chambers Street when he hit a woman riding her bicycle southbound on West Street. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
Silva also left the scene but was later detained near Warren Street and North End Avenue, and has been charged with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to yield to a pedestrian, and driving while ability impaired.
The final deadly incident happened shortly after 1.19 a.m. on Sunday, June 12 when 62 year old Sharon Smith was trying to cross East Gun Hill Road. She was discovered lying on the road near East Gun Hill Road and White Plains Road with severe trauma to her body, and although taken to Montefiore Hospital, she died.
Police say she was hit by a dark colored SUV traveling eastbound on East Gun Hill Road which also left the scene.
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