Police seek BMW driver after Bronx cyclist dies in hit-and-run
Police said a BMW driver hit a 51-year-old cyclist near Bruckner Boulevard and Longwood Avenue and ran away; relatives said the man was a mechanic riding home from work.
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What We Know
Police and news reports describe a chain-reaction hit-and-run near Bruckner Boulevard and Longwood Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 18, 2026. Police said a driver in a BMW hit a 51-year-old cyclist who was crossing or riding at the intersection, then became involved in collisions with a Hyundai and several parked vehicles. EMS took the cyclist and the Hyundai driver to Lincoln Hospital; the cyclist died, and the Hyundai driver was reported stable. Relatives told reporters the cyclist, identified in sources with the surname Camera or Camara, was a mechanic riding home from work. Outlets disagreed on the BMW's color, direction of travel, and some sequence details, but all reported that police were searching for the BMW driver and that no immediate arrest had been made.
Police described a fatal chain reaction
The crash happened near Bruckner Boulevard and Longwood Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. Police said a driver in a BMW hit a 51-year-old cyclist, then became involved in additional collisions with a Hyundai Sonata and several parked vehicles.
EMS took the cyclist and the Hyundai driver to Lincoln Hospital. The cyclist died there, while the Hyundai driver was reported in stable condition or expected to recover.
The crash was reported at Bruckner and Longwood
Reporters placed the collision at Bruckner Boulevard and Longwood Avenue in the Hunts Point or Longwood area of the Bronx. Gothamist described Bruckner Boulevard there as the road running below the Bruckner Expressway.
Relatives and friends later gathered near the busy roadside, where candles were set up close to where the cyclist was found.
A mechanic riding home from work died
Sources identified the cyclist as 51-year-old Angelo Camera or Angelo Camara, with outlets using different spellings of his surname. ABC7 and CBS New York reported that relatives described him as a mechanic, a father of five, and someone who was riding home from work.
Vilmary Martinez, identified by the Daily News and CBS New York as his wife, told the Daily News that he had called to say, "I'll be there in 10 minutes, babe." CBS New York quoted her saying, "I want justice. I want them to find the person who did this to me. They took a good man."
Police and the outlets said the Hyundai Sonata driver, a woman in her late 30s, was hospitalized and survived.
Reports differed on some BMW details
Gothamist and ABC7 described the BMW as black, while News12 described it as white. Gothamist and the Daily News called it a BMW M550i, and ABC7 and the Daily News reported it as a 2018 model.
The reported vehicle list included a Hyundai Sonata and multiple parked vehicles. Articles named a Volkswagen, Lexus, Chevrolet or Camaro, and other parked vehicles, but they did not all give the same sequence.
Police and witnesses pointed to speed and a red light
ABC7 reported that police said the BMW driver sped through a red light, and the Daily News reported that police said the driver was speeding and ran a red light. ABC7 also reported that witnesses told police the BMW appeared to be speeding before the first collision.
Other outlets did not include all of those allegations, and the reviewed reports differed on the driver's direction of travel.
The driver left, and police searched for him
Police said the BMW driver left the vehicle at or near the scene and ran away. ABC7 reported that police said the driver got into another car before leaving the area.
As of the reports reviewed, police had made no arrest and were asking for information. Angel Cassanova, identified by ABC7 as the cyclist's brother-in-law, urged the driver: "All I can say is turn yourself in. If you keep running it's going to make matters even worse."