{"id":279071,"date":"2026-06-26T16:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279071\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:54:51","slug":"family-of-slain-staten-island-mom-calls-hit-and-run-bmw-driver-a-coward-for-fleeing-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279071\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of slain Staten Island mom calls hit-and-run BMW driver a ‘coward’ for fleeing scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Staten Island single mom rammed by a hit-and-run<\/a> BMW driver at a yard sale on her first Father\u2019s Day without her beloved dad has died, said her outraged family, who called the still-at-large luxury car operator a \u201ccoward\u201d for fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are disgusted that you can hit someone, a single mother,\u201d Diana Rolon\u2019s niece, Emily Feliciano, called out to the hit-and-run driver at the scene<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hit her and you left,\u201d she said. \u201cYou are a coward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rolon, 60, was at the sale just a few blocks from her home and was walking back to her car to grab some cash to buy an item when the white BMW SUV heading south on Decker Ave.<\/a> mowed her down, before speeding off toward Post Ave. in Port Richmond<\/a> about 4:18 p.m. on Sunday, according to cops.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was simply standing in front of a double-parked car, waiting to cross the street again,\u201d her niece, Melissa Rolon told ABC News.<\/p>\n

\"DianaDiana Rolon (center) is pictured with her family on her 60th birthday. (GoFundMe)<\/p>\n

Rolon was \u201cimmediately intubated\u201d and rushed to Richmond University Medical Center<\/a> in critical condition where she underwent emergency brain surgery, her family said in an online fundraiser<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She died Thursday, leaving behind her teenage son Michael, who just graduated high school, relatives said.<\/p>\n

Instead of celebrating the achievement, the teen spent several days and nights at his mother\u2019s bedside, holding on to hope for her recovery. Now he\u2019s planning her funeral.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer son, Michael, is now facing the heartbreaking loss of his mother while beginning a new chapter of his own life,\u201d the fundraiser read.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiana fought with incredible strength,\u201d her family wrote. \u201cBut despite the tireless efforts of her medical team and the countless prayers from family, friends, and the community, her injuries were too severe. Our family is devastated by this unimaginable loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DianaDiana Rolon (far left) is pictured with her family in an undated photo. (GoFundMe)<\/p>\n

No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s family described Rolon as a \u201cloving\u201d mother, daughter, sister and Aunt, \u201cwhose kindness touched so many lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DianaDiana Rolon is pictured with her son, Michael, at his high school graduation. (GoFundMe)<\/p>\n

The family had raised $26,712 of their $100,000 goal as of Friday to cover Rolon\u2019s funeral and memorial, along with remaining medical bills.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the hit-and-run driver is asked to call NYPD Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Staten Island single mom rammed by a hit-and-run BMW driver at a yard sale on her first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,134,136,135,265],"class_list":["post-279071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}