Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killled Shui Yung Jiang Collared

Because an alert witness took his license number, tow truck driver James Billups, who left 68-year-old cyclist Shui Yung Jiang dying in the street at Sixth Ave. at 65th Street in Bay Ridge yesterday morning is in custody and charged with leaving the scene and failure to exercise due care.

Jiang, who lived just a few blocks away on 65th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, was turning right onto 65th Street from 6th Avenue at around 9:30 AM when Billups hit him.

Billups was observed stopping, getting out of the truck and looking around, then getting back into the truck and driving away, leaving the fatally injured Jiang lying in the street.

Jiang was dead by the time first responders arrived.

Billups denied knowing that he had run over Jiang, saying he had only stopped to ask for directions.

For cyclists and pedestrians, the area where the hit-and-run occurred, near the Interstate on the Sunset Park border, is a lawless no-man's land dominated by automotive dealerships and speeding traffic.

An important takeaway: when you see lawless driving, get the license number. 
  
The article from the Daily News.

Additional details from the Home Reporter's Facebook page.