Speeding Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Two Men on Fulton Street in Cypress Hills
A speeding hit-and-run driver killed two men on Fulton Street in Cypress Hills early this morning as they walked home from a night out with friends and family.
[Update: The driver in this crash was identified as Efrin Lanfranco-Perez, 21. Lanfranco-Perez was arrested and charged with leaving the scene and aggravated unlicensed operation. He was not charged for the act of killing two people.]
Just after midnight, the driver of an Acura TL sedan was traveling eastbound on Fulton Street “at a high rate of speed,” according to NYPD, when he struck Delmer Maldonado, 41, and Israel Turcios, 56, near Chestnut Street, an unsignalized intersection. The driver then hit two parked cars and fled on foot.
NYPD says an investigation is ongoing, but no arrests have been made at this time.
The two men had just left a nearby bar owned by Turcios’ brother, according to CBS New York. Maldonado was dead by the time medical services arrived. Turcios was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition and did not survive.
This morning’s crash occurred in the 75th Precinct and in the City Council district represented by Rafael Espinal. If you would like to share your concerns to the NYPD about pedestrian safety in the neighborhood, the 75th Precinct’s community council meets this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the precinct house, located at 1000 Sutter Avenue.
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