Ruyan Ali, an unlicensed driver, with an atrocious driving record fatally struck a 15-year-old
Ruyan Ali, an unlicensed driver, with an atrocious driving record fatally struck a 15-year-old on an e-bike. He tried to get away but was arrested nearby and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and traffic violations.
The Lexus driver, Ruyan Ali, 28, had crossed into opposing traffic to pass a car that was slowing to a stop in front of him when he allegedly struck Anthony, authorities said.
Victim, A 15-year-old name Antonio “Anthony” Benitez was on an e-bike, and was fleeing NYPD officers, when he was fatally struck.
The NYPD said that officers at 8:01 p.m. Saturday responded to a 911 call of a knifepoint robbery in progress outside a corner pharmacy on Hillside Ave and 257th St. in Floral Park. The victim, a 14-year-old boy, had been confronted by a group of other teens.
When the officers arrived they “canvassed the area, locating an individual who fled on an electric bike,” the NYPD said in a statement.
That individual was Anthony, who kept going and was followed by cops for a little over a mile, until he was fatally struck by the Lexus driver.