They came to Manhattan to celebrate their marriage anniversary but

Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric and her husband, Udo Lewalter her husband came to Manhattan to celebrate their marriage anniversary. But Alexandra was critically injured and later died, and Lewalter suffered a head injury, after they were struck by a vehicle driven by Mohammed Abouzaid in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday.

Both tourists were visiting from Hamburg, Germany.

A green minivan, bearing a vanity plate that read "TIMES SQUARE," struck the tourists, The driver tried to avoid blocking the intersection and hit reverse as a box truck was coming up behind it - barreling toward the light.
Driver of the vehicle fled the scene, but cops caught up with him, only a few blocks away at 8th Avenue and West 38th Street where the van was found with a dented bumper.

Police charged Mohammed Abouzaid, the driver, after taking him into custody.
(Story updated)

Members of the NYPD’s Highway District Collision Investigation Squad are investigating, reported a media outlet.
A driver, who is being located by the NYPD, of a green minivan rammed into a couple in Midtown Wednesday afternoon.
The 50-year-old woman and 55-year-old man from Hamburg were struck around 2:40 p.m. at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 40th Street, according to the sources.

(By our staff reporter) New York