32-Year-Old Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police have arrested a man Sunday in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 32-year-old man in Brooklyn just before 9 p.m. Saturday night.
According to police, Leonel Ortega Flores, 35, of the Bronx, is facing charges of vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene and a motor vehicle violation.
Police say Ortega Flores went over a curb and hit a man from Staten Island.
The victim was rushed to Methodist Hospital and died.
Sources tell CBS2 the victim and the driver both work at the location of the crash.