Motorcyclist in Queens critically hurt in 1 of at least 6 hit-and-runs in 7 days in New York City
NEW YORK -- A motorcyclist was critically injured in a hit-and-run in Queens on Saturday.
Surveillance cameras captured the moment the driver struck the 26-year-old motorcyclist at the 29th Street-Broadway intersection in Astoria.
The man and his motorcycle slid into a nearby fruit stand, and people quickly ran over to help.
The motorcyclist was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition.
It was not immediately clear what caused the collision or who had the right of way.
"They bring the ambulance, I think, and they go," Astoria resident Hussein Salah said.
Police said the vehicle involved was found, but the driver was nowhere to be seen.
According to NYPD stats, pedestrian, bicyclist and motorcycle accidents are up from November of last year.
This was one of at least six hit-and-runs in seven days in New York City.
Police said a driver fled the scene of a seven-car crash on the Belt Parkway on Saturday night, and another driver fled a crash early Sunday morning in the Bronx.
On Thursday, 72-year-old Ann-Marie Wiesner was hit and killed just around the corner from where she lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Police say the driver kept going, leaving the beloved grandmother on the street.
On Wednesday, 43-year-old Mauro Chimbay was struck and killed, police say, while trying to stop a robbery in Elmhurst, Queens. The driver has not been caught.
On Monday, 46-year-old Mohammed Hossain was crossing 37th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn when he was hit by two cars and died on the scene. Neither driver stopped.
