Elionel Jimenez and Alexander Rosas-Flores killed in bicycle collision with hit-and-run driver on Terrace Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey

Modified Date: 
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 1:14pm
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Hunt for Hit-Run Killer After Boy Dies, 2nd Flung Over Fence

The car that hit them had a badly smashed-in front end. The vehicle continued down the roadway another 200 yards or so before police stopped it. The driver ran away and remained at large Thursday morning.

Officials ID teen killed in Jersey City hit-and-run; other boy still 'critical'

The crash on Terrace Avenue near the ramp to Routes 1&9 north killed Elionel Jimenez and left Alexander Rosas-Flores critically injured. Both are 15-year-old students at Dickinson High School, Jersey City school officials said in a statement today.    

'Too young to die': Memorial grows for teens killed in hit-and-run

In the message to Eilonel, friends wrote they hoped Alex was going to be OK and said they were praying for both families. Yellow roses were laid on the sidewalk and two candles were burning with photos of Eilonel taped on the front.              

Schoolmates struggle with loss of 2 teens killed in hit-and-run

On the hill on the Palisade Avenue side of the school, students hung white balloons in a tree as a memorial for the two teenagers. They took turns writing their sentiments on the balloons in black magic marker.

Mom of fatal hit-and-run victim: 'I wish it was a nightmare and I would wake up'

She said the crippling emotions that came over her when she got the call saying her son was dead cannot be expressed in words.   

Man faces 10 years in prison for crash that killed 2 teens

Rashaun Bell, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to two counts of leaving the scene of the Oct. 18, 2017 crash in the area of Terrace Avenue and Leonard Street in which Elionel Jimenez, 15, and Alexander Rosas Flores, 16, died.

Sentencing pushed back for man who fled crash that killed two teens

Bell is now scheduled to be sentenced on Oct.19 by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre in the Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City.   

Topics: 
Hit and Run
People Involved: 
Elionel Jimenez
Alexander Rosas-Flores
Rashaun Bell
Roadway: 
Terrace Avenue
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

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