Overview
- A 93-year-old Wakefield resident, Leonora Campbell, was struck and later died after being hit in a crosswalk at East 225th Street and White Plains Road on Monday afternoon.
- NYPD investigators say the rider fled eastbound and are seeking a man in his 30s riding a gray, red and white 2012 Yamaha YZFR1 who has not been apprehended.
- Family and witnesses say the rider stopped briefly after the crash, looked at Campbell for about a minute, and then sped away, and surveillance and bystander video have been circulated by reporters.
- Campbell was a longtime neighborhood figure and retired nurse who had immigrated from Jamaica decades ago, and relatives and neighbors have pleaded for the rider to turn himself in.
- City officials note rising deaths involving motorized two-wheelers and say the NYPD is coordinating with the Department of Transportation to step up enforcement against illegally modified bikes and sellers who enable them.