BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A Hasidic Williamsburg resident is in stable condition, recovering from a hit and run that took place last week in Midwood.
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The incident took place on February 23rd on Newkirk Avenue near East 21st Street.
Sources told VIN News that the victim who asked to remain unnamed, who works in the area, crossing Newkirk Avenue just before 4:30 when he was struck by a car, which fled the scene.
Video surveillance of the incident that surfaced Monday on social media, appears to show a white car swerving back and forth, hitting the Hasidic man before driving away.
The victim, who is in his sixties and sustained multiple broken bones, was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident and could not say at this time if it was being classified as a hate crime.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline by phone at 800-577-TIPS, by text at 247637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577 or online at www.NYPDCrimeStoppers.com.
refua shleima , u need to upgrade your outside cameras to hi res. top mega pix all too often you finally have some footage and once you zoom in on the mamzer its too grainy to be of help , i manage a building a few blocks from there and since we put in better cameras the cops are always coming in … even mine still need to be upgraded to plate readers
Not everything has to be made into a Jewish antisemitic issue. We are becoming like npr where even news story covering the extinction of mountain lions disproportionately affects black and brown communities.
Why o why do people especially in our community walk in the street?
And yet they continue to stay in the city. High taxes high crime and dirty air. Yidfishkiet actually does flourish and grow out sides of Brooklyn
Hit and run should be punishable by mandatory 10 years in jail ..
A few thoughts based on the video.
A) It appears something was in the road, because the first vehicle also swerved. Quite possibly, the second vehicle swerved too much, over-compensated and swerved back, and then was startled by seeing a pedestrian right in front of the car. Though that doesn’t excuse the driver from not stopping
B) The witness should have really been more concerned in getting help for the injured man than in getting the license plate. It wasn’t as if other people were attending to him already.
it does not appear to be a hate crime but i am sure eric gonzalez our “friend” of a DA will take this very seriously and vigourously.
if you look closely you’ll see he’s swerving to avoid cars that were double parked and probably didn’t see the guy. Although it still doesn’t make it acceptable to run away from the scene.
the car did seem to swerve AWAY from the hasidic fellow.
Why do live in such a dangerous place, they should move to Israel.
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