Driver hits and kills cyclist in Chelsea – NBC New York (47)

NEW YORK – New York City police said authorities arrested a driver for allegedly hitting a bicyclist early Sunday morning in Manhattan.

Police said Sunday night that Edgar Maeda Luca, 24, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in the death. The victim, 38-year-old Carlos García Ramos, was declared dead in hospital.

According to the police report, the accident occurred around 1:22 am. When the authorities answered a call regarding an unconscious man in front of him 241 West 24th Street in Chelsea. Upon arrival, they found the victim with head and body trauma.

Paramedics took the victim to the hospital. NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue Where he announced his death.

A preliminary investigation determined that the cyclist was on his electric bicycle and was traveling on it West 24th Street When it’s the Infiniti Q50 sedan it’s also going east West 24th Street, He hit him from behind, causing the man to fall off his bike and crash into a parked unoccupied vehicle and then end up on the ground.

The car’s operator allegedly fled the scene, but the car was parked and unoccupied West 24th Street s 7 ave. The driver was soon identified and arrested shortly after. The NYPD highway collision investigation team is investigating.