BATH BEACH, Brooklyn — A 26-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run in Brooklyn Sunday morning, authorities said.
According to police, around 7:30 a.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a person struck near 19th Avenue and 86th Street in Bath Beach.
Responding officers found Jose Contla, of Brooklyn, unconscious man laying on the sidewalk with severe injuries to his body, police said.
EMS rushed Contla to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
New surveillance footage from the NYPD shows a black sedan that police believe could be the car that struck the man as it drove southbound on 19th Avenue.
#UPDATE: New video of a black sedan the NYPD says hit and killed a 26-year-old man in Brooklyn Sunday morning before driving off.@ADiLorenzoTV has the latest: https://t.co/rN2Ap7Fyc5 pic.twitter.com/GrfLO13thN
— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) February 24, 2020
Cops are still looking for the driver of that car as of Monday morning.
Contla was walking to work at his brother’s Mexican bakery when he was struck.
This is now the 14th pedestrian to die this year on New York City streets.
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