Jose Contreras, 63, killed in pedestrian collision with hit-and-run driver on Webster Avenue in the Bronx, New York
Two critically injured, three dead in overnight hit-and-run collisions in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens
The 63-year-old man died after being hit by a black SUV entering the Cross Bronx Expressway at Webster Avenue near 175th Street in the Mount Hope neighborhood. The SUV then fled the scene.
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