Horrifying moment 53-year-old NYC pedestrian is mowed down and killed by two ... trends now
Disturbing surveillance footage shows the moment a pair of vehicles fatally ran down a woman during a hit-and-run in New York.
Lourdes Camilo, 53, was waiting to cross the intersection of Melrose Avenue and 157th Street in the Bronx when she was hit by the first vehicle, a white Jeep, around 7:10 pm, the NYPD said.
She was then thrust into the air and into a second Jeep, this one traveling in the opposite direction at a considerable rate of speed, the clip shows.
The woman, said to be a mom of four, is then seen lying lifeless on the street. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The first car, meanwhile, sped off after the moment of impact - leaving Camilo to die in the street. The second, driven by a 53-year-old male, stayed behind, as cops went on to reveal that Camilo had been just steps away from her home when she was hit.
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Disturbing surveillance footage shows the moment a pair of vehicles fatally ran down Lourdes Camilo, a 53-year-old mother of four seen here in gray, during a hit-and-run in the South Bronx
Camilo is seen waiting to cross the intersection of Melrose Avenue and 157th Street before she being hit by the first vehicle, a white Jeep. She was then thrust into the air into the path of a second SUV, before being left lifeless in the street. Cops said she lived just a few blocks away
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The search for the driver of the white Grand Cherokee, as of Sunday evening, remains ongoing, cops confirmed.
The victim's mom, one of several relatives who arrived on the scene before Camilo could be taken away, expressed her and her family's anguish to The Daily News.
'The whole family felt a lot about her,' the senior told the paper, in an interview translated from Spanish. 'She called everyone her friend.'
The woman, asking not to be named, added : 'She was very special, always with a smile even if she had a problem.'
Luis Morales, Camilo's 80-year-old neighbor, painted a similar picture, describing how the late Starbucks manager was always boisterous when he saw her around the building.
'She was a very nice girl,' Morales said,
