A driver who turned himself in to police on Thursday for a deadly hit and run in Morris Park earlier this month has yet to face any charges.
The driver’s lawyer told the Bronx Times he expected his client to be charged when he turned himself in at the 49th Precinct, but was instead let go.
“We anticipated Mr. (Emilio) Berrios being charged with negligent homicide but he wasn’t charged with anything, and after speaking with the detectives we were allowed to walk him out of the precinct,” lawyer Nicholas Ramcharitar said.
Bronx resident Emilio Berrios, who identified himself as the driver of the truck that fled the scene, turned himself in to police with Ramcharitar on Thursday, as first reported by the Daily News, in what the lawyer told the Bronx Times he thought would be a surrender.
The NYPD reported that on April 5, a driver went through a red light “at a high rate of speed” in a white pickup truck at the intersection of Williamsbridge Road and Pierce Avenue, fatally crashing into Morris Park resident Hua Pan before continuing to drive away. Pan, 64, was crossing the street with a green light on an e-bike, steps away from his home, according to information from police. Pan, who was left laying in the road with head trauma, was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center, according to the police department.
A collision report put out by the NYPD the day after the incident said that the truck was “operated by an unknown individual.” However, Berrios retained Ramcharitar the morning after the incident after seeing it on the news and the lawyer was in contact with the NYPD the same day, Ramcharitar told the Bronx Times.
Ramcharitar said that in his experience, investigations of fatal accidents take between one to six months. However, he said it is “a very rare occurrence” for him to arrange a surrender for his client without it resulting in an arrest.
The lawyer told the Bronx Times that typically when he offers a surrender, police…
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