BRONX — Cops are hunting a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian in the Bronx last year in a car later found torched on a Kingsbridge street, police said.
The driver struck and killed a 23-year-old man crossing the street Dec. 26 while the vehicle was heading westbound on Mosholu Parkway between Paul and Goulden avenues about 4:24 a.m., police said. The driver fled before cops arrived.
Two days later, cops recovered the burnt-out vehicle, a 1999 Suzuki Vitara, on West 238th Street and Review Place, police said.
Video surveillance shows an unidentified man parking the car at the intersection and leaving before the vehicle goes up in flames.
Anyone with information in regard to the incident is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
