Police Charge Bronx Man After Fatal Bruckner Hit-and-Run
Police charged 21-year-old Sadiel Ramirez Payano after a driver fatally hit Armando Rodriguez, 51, on the Bruckner Expressway shoulder in a crash the city recorded at 5:15 a.m. Sunday.
What We Know
Police said a driver veered from the right lane onto the shoulder of the northbound Bruckner Expressway near Exit 8-B and fatally hit Armando Rodriguez, 51, of Middletown. News 12, citing the NYPD, reported that Rodriguez had pulled over and that a driver also hit his Toyota Camry before leaving the scene. City crash records list one pedestrian killed, two sedans involved, and driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor; the record for the moving sedan also lists unsafe speed and an unlicensed male driver. Police arrested Sadiel Ramirez Payano, 21, of the Bronx, and charged him with leaving the scene without reporting and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
A fatal hit on the shoulder near Exit 8-B
The city crash record says one pedestrian was killed on the Bruckner Expressway at 5:15 a.m. on July 21, 2024. News 12, citing the NYPD, reported that Armando Rodriguez had pulled over near Exit 8-B when a driver veered from the right lane onto the shoulder, fatally hit him, and also hit his car.
Armando Rodriguez was identified as the person killed
Police identified the victim to News 12 as Armando Rodriguez, 51, of Middletown. The city record lists the person killed as a 51-year-old male pedestrian.
The records describe two sedans
The city record lists two sedans involved. One northbound Toyota sedan had two occupants and front-end damage; a second Toyota sedan was parked and had right-side-door damage. News 12 reported that the parked car was a Toyota Camry that had pulled over near the exit.
Police made an arrest after a reported hit-and-run
News 12 reported that police arrested Sadiel Ramirez Payano, 21, of the Bronx, and that officials charged him with leaving the scene without reporting and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. The city record lists the driver of the moving sedan as unlicensed and lists driver inattention or distraction and unsafe speed for that sedan.
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Bruckner Expy