By The newspaper
Feb 28, 2024, 01:19 AM EST
Alex Caba Gutiérrez died dramatically on his 33rd birthday when the luxury car he was traveling in crashed into an MTA bus in Brooklyn (NYC).
According to the NYPD, Caba was ejected from a speeding red Mercedes-Benz after his driver friend ran a red light and crashed into a B48 bus on the corner of Harrison Ave. . and Lorimer St. in Williamsburg around 9:45 pm Monday. After the collision, the friend and other occupants of the car fled on foot, leaving the victim bleeding on the sidewalk, he explained. DailyNews.
“He just let his friend die.”
Man, 33, riding in a Mercedes-Benz was killed when the car slammed into an MTA bus in Brooklyn
As the victim lay dying in the street, the driver ran off on foot.https://t.co/wDFGYFa7yR
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Video captured the Mercedes-Benz speeding into the intersection just inches ahead of the oncoming bus. The bus struck the rear passenger side of the sedan, causing it to spin out of control onto the sidewalk.
Caba was thrown from a right-side rear seat window and landed on the asphalt, police said. The car then crashed into a Citi Bike kiosk, police added.
As Caba lay dying in the street, the car’s driver and three other people in the wreck fled on foot, police and an MTA source said. Emergency medical services took the injured man to Bellevue Hospital, where he died.
Olga Caba, the victim’s mother, said about the fugitive driver: “I want him to turn himself in. She just let her friend die. As a friend, you should want to stay and help… They ran away. “They left Alex alone.”
The 31-year-old bus driver and a passenger were taken to Wyckoff Medical Center with minor injuries. Miraculously, no other injuries were reported. Police were searching yesterday for the driver of the Mercedes-Benz, whose name has not been released.
Anyone with information should call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the website crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance for drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Traffic accidents are a big challenge in New York and in many cases drivers flee. This despite “Vision Zero,” a road safety plan created in 2014 by then-new Mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists with a goal of zero deaths. for this year 2024. According to the NYPD, cyclist deaths increased 260% in the first six months of 2023 and 325% since the implementation of the “Vision Zero” plan in 2014.
In December, Governor Kathy Hochul signed “Angelica’s Law,” intended to keep drivers with prior suspensions off the road by charging repeat offenders who operate vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that resulted in a felony. suspensions or revocations.