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Moped Rider Killed in Cypress Hills Hit-and-Run

By Jess Wisloski | December 14, 2013 1:55pm
 A moped driver was struck and killed by a hit-and-run motorist, police said. (A stock image of a smashed windshield.)
A moped driver was struck and killed by a hit-and-run motorist, police said. (A stock image of a smashed windshield.)
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CYPRESS HILLS — A 22-year-old man was struck and killed by a car early Saturday in Brooklyn, and police are hunting for the driver of the vehicle that allegedly took off.

Elvis Batista-Francisco, of Cypress Hills, was driving a Shenk moped westbound on Arlington Avenue at around 2:43 a.m. when he was hit by a dark blue Nissan sedan headed south on Highland Place, police said.

Rescuers arriving on the scene declared Batista-Francisco dead. Police said an investigation was ongoing.