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Man killed by hit-run driver
A 92-year-old man walking his bicycle across a busy Brooklyn intersection was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver yesterday, police said.Witnesses told police a black Nissan Altima crashed into the man about 8:20 a.m. at Snyder Avenue and Kings Highway in East Flatbush. It was unclear whether the car was speeding or whether it ran a light.The driver, however, did not stop after the impact, police said."I looked through the window, and I heard a slight bang," said Cedric Bellamy, 70, an iron worker for the city who was in his nearby home eating breakfast. "I saw a group of people, and I came outside; I saw the bicycle was lying on the corner."The victim, whom police did not identify pending notification of his family, was taken to Kings County Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead about 25 minutes later.Versell Wilson, 52, who was reading a newspaper on his porch near the intersection, said he saw the man riding his bike south on Kings Highway minutes before the crash. The man got off his bike, crossed Snyder Avenue, then turned left to go to the other side of Kings Highway, Wilson said.In the middle of the crosswalk, Wilson said, the victim tried to get back on the bike. The Nissan Altima, headed north in the left lane of Kings Highway, crashed into him.The impact, Wilson and others said, threw the man several feet across the intersection."He was lying on his back, faceup, but he wasn't breathing," Wilson said. "He had a head wound."Witnesses said two firefighters responded to the scene and tried to resuscitate the man."The sad part is, for you to hit somebody and not even stop to see if the person survived," Wilson said. "It's a bad commentary on our society."