WITNESSES CHASE DOWN HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER AFTER ACCIDENT AND CATCH HIM ON 59TH STREET BRIDGE BETWEEN QUEENS AND MANHATTAN
From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Queens Accident Attorney)
On Tuesday May 5, 2010 at 2:30 P.M. a BMW driven by 17 year-old Rafael Castro-Blanco struck and dragged Anthony Borici, age 15, and sped off. Good samaritan motorist Joe Griggs witnessed the hit-and-run accident and chased Castro-Blanco over the (Manhattan-bound) Queensboro Bridge.
Castro-Blanco sideswiped several cars on the bridge before Griggs and two other motorists trapped the BMW against a wall near an exit ramp. They held Castro-Blanco - who was later charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident - until police arrived.
The teenage accident victim was treated for his injuries at Elmhurst Hospital and released.


























