90-year-old man crossing the street killed in moped hit-and-run in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 90-year-old man was struck and killed by a moped as he was crossing the street in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, police said.
Zhuo Xie was crossing East 14th Street and Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay when he was hit by a blue moped that fled from the scene, police said.
He got to the corner of 14th Street and looked left down the one-way street. That's when police said a man riding a blue moped slammed into Xie and both men fell to the ground.
Initially, the suspect checked on the victim, who witnesses said was bleeding heavily from the mouth.
Instead of staying with the man he just plowed into, he walked over to the moped, stayed for a few seconds and took off.
A driver who was parked in the crosswalk the entire time got into their car and drove away.
Some rushed to the victim to see if he was OK, but he lay motionless in the street.
From start to finish, the moped driver only hung around for about two and a half minutes, and now police are looking for him.
Police said the man was in the crosswalk against the light when he was hit and suffered severe head trauma, officials said.
First responders arrived and rushed Xie to NYU Langone Health, Brooklyn, but his injuries were too severe, and he was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said.
The moped was traveling southbound on East 14th Street through the intersection with a green traffic light when it hit the pedestrian.
Just seconds before impact, surveillance video of the incident showed the man on the moped not looking straight ahead as he was driving, but rather to his left.
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