Cops Searching for Driver Who Fatally Struck Woman Crossing Street in the Bronx

Hit-n-Run Driver Sought by Cops In Fatal Accident

The NYPD is searching for the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee who struck a woman crossing the interestion of Melrose Avenue and East 157 Street. The victim died at the scene. -Photo by Freedom News TV

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 14, 2024

BRONX - The NYPD is searching for the driver who struck a woman crossing the street in the Bronx. The pedestrian died at the scene and the driver took off, cops said. 

At around 7:12 pm on January 13, 53-year-old Lourdes Camilo was crossing the corner of Melrose Avenue and East 157th Street. Surveillance video taken from a local store shows Camilo halfway crossing the street when she stops and looks at oncoming cars from the opposite direction. However, she appears to not look for oncoming cars in her lane. 

The video shows a white Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV traveling northbound when he strikes her. 

An investigation by the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad determined what happened next. After being struck by the SUV, Camilo was thrown into oncoming traffic in the opposite direction. She was then struck by a Jeep Wrangler traveling southbound on Melrose Avenue. 

EMS responded to the location and pronounced Camilo dead at the scene.

The driver of the Grand Cherokee that initially struck the victim drove off. Cops are looking to speak with the driver. 

The driver of the Jeep Wrangler that struck Camilo from the opposite lane remained at the scene. No arrests have been made and “the investigation remains ongoing,” cops said. 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.