NYC driver nabbed for vicious hit-and-run crash that catapulted 74-year-old loving grandpa

A 24-year-old driver was arrested for the brutal hit-and-run crash that killed a “loving” grandfather who was catapulted into the air and onto a Brooklyn street last month, police said.Brian Macoto-Morales, of Homecrest, turned himself in at the 83rd Precinct Thursday morning and was slapped with several charges for allegedly mowing down Segundo Reina-Gaon, 74, as he crossed a Bay Ridge street on Sept.11, according to police and sources.Surveillance footage captured the moment Macoto-Morales’ white SUV slammed into Reina-Gaon — ramming the septuagenarian from the crosswalk into a parked car and then the pavement at Ridge Boulevard and Bay Ridge Avenue around 9 p.m.The white SUV barreled into him as it sped northbound on Ridge Boulevard, police said. EMTs rushed Reina-Gaon to NYU Langone Hospital/Brooklyn but he could not be saved. A GoFundMe page created by his niece described him as a “loving father and spouse” who left behind 20 grandchildren and five kids.One donor remembered Reina-Gaon as a kind neighbor.

“He watched our son grow up from a stroller to daycare and now walking to school,” Justin Hall wrote on the page.“He always had a smile on his face and asked how our son was even he wasn’t with us.

“We will truly miss your smiling face every morning.”After the deadly crash, Sen.Andrew Gounardes (D-Brooklyn), who represents the area, said the motorist needed “to be apprehended and prosecuted.”“The video is hard to watch,” he wrote on X.

“The driver doesn’t appear to even slow down.”Macoto-Morales was charged with leaving the scene of an accident-result in death, leaving the scene of an accident-serious injury, reckless endangerment and failure to obey traffic device.  Police said he has no prior arrests. He was arraigned Thursday in Brooklyn Supreme Criminal Court and held on $75,000 bail, according to court records.His next court date is set for Jan.

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