Up-and-Coming Lawyer Fatally Struck by Teenage Driver of BMW at Upper East Side

Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY – Around 6:30 in the evening of May 20th, a 29-year-old man, who is an up-and-coming lawyer, was crossing the intersection of Fifth Avenue and East 97th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York when an 18-year-old driver of a 2015 BMW sedan fatally struck him.

The victim sustained severe head and body injuries and was transported to New York-Presbyterian Hospital but was pronounced deceased a short time later. The BMW operator remained at the scene of the accident, but was released by cops without charges.

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