Driver leaves after fatal East Houston Street hit-and-run
A driver in a westbound sedan hit 21-year-old Andy Eduardo Gil at East Houston and Forsyth streets around 5:01 a.m. on July 14, 2022, then left the scene, police told the Daily News.
What We Know
Andy Eduardo Gil, 21, was fatally injured around 5:01 a.m. on July 14, 2022, at East Houston and Forsyth streets. The city crash record lists one pedestrian killed and a westbound sedan going straight before the crash. The Daily News, citing police, reported that the driver left the scene and that Gil was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. His family described him as a hotel worker pursuing photography and graphic design, and said he had been headed to a scheduled photo shoot that morning.
A pre-dawn crash and a driver who left
The city crash record says one pedestrian was killed at East Houston and Forsyth streets at 5:01 a.m. on July 14, 2022. The listed vehicle was a 2018 Honda sedan traveling west and going straight before the crash.
The Daily News reported, citing police, that Andy Eduardo Gil was found unconscious on the pavement, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, and was pronounced dead there. Police were seeking surveillance video as they searched for the driver who left the scene.
The crash happened at East Houston and Forsyth
The official record places the fatal crash at East Houston Street and Forsyth Street in Manhattan’s 9th Precinct. The Daily News described the location as near East Houston and Forsyth streets in the East Village.
Family remembered a 21-year-old chasing creative work
The Daily News identified the pedestrian as Andy Eduardo Gil, 21. His father said Gil worked at a hotel and was pursuing photography and graphic design, and that he was headed to a scheduled photo shoot when he was killed.
His mother, Augustina Cano, told the Daily News, “My son needs justice.” The paper reported that Gil’s parents, who came to New York from Mexico more than 25 years earlier, were mourning while awaiting an arrest.