The victim in Friday’s hit and run suffered a broken leg. Police said a To17 Mercedes Benz was behind the collision and no arrests have been made.
The car hit the 55-year-old victim as he was crossing the street. At Albany Avenue and Union Street in Brooklyn’s Crown. Heights neighborhood just after 5 p.m. Friday. According to New York City police.
The vehicle, a 2017 Mercedes Benz, was traveling southbound. on Albany Avenue and was making a left turn. When it collided with the victim.
Surveillance video shows the car ramming into. the man without stopping, knocking the victim to the ground and driving away.
Police said the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force has been notified.
Area residents have expressed concern over the incident. With some saying they believe the crash was no accident.
“As you can see from the video, it didn’t look like an accident to me. Gotta be safe,” Usher Berkovich, who lives nearby, told From New York. “As a Jew I feel like I have to be. More vigilant and crime has increased, especially on the Jewish community.”
According to the NYPD Hate Crimes Dashboard, which has data through the end of September 2022, 469.
