{"id":325776,"date":"2026-08-20T13:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325776\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:04:08","slug":"nyc-cyclist-killed-in-hit-and-run-had-called-wife-just-minutes-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325776\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC cyclist killed in hit-and-run had called wife just minutes before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Bronx bicyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver allegedly going 100 miles per hour had just called his wife to say he was 10 minutes from the safety of home, his grieving widow revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Angelo Camera, a 51-year-old father, was biking across Bruckner Boulevard at Longwood Avenue in the South Bronx around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when a driver blew through a red light and struck him, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>He chatted with his wife, Vilmary Martinez, 51, just moments before the fatal crash as he headed home from his job as a mechanic.<\/p>\n<p>Angelo Camera was struck and killed by a hit and run driver Tuesday night. Courtesy Vilmary Martinez<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called him that night. I told him I needed something, and he said, \u2018I\u2019ll be there in 10 minutes, babe,\u2019\u201d Martinez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/08\/19\/bronx-bicyclist-angelo-camera-killed-by-speeding-hit-and-run-bmw-driver-who-then-hits-4-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told the Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But when she called back 20 minutes later, another man answered \u2014 and soon police explained in horrific detail what had happened to her partner of 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was so much blood on the floor from his legs, from his arms, everywhere,\u201d she told the paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe detective said he looked so bad. His leg was twisted, his arm was broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took my life, my heart,\u201d she said about the driver, who fled the scene and is still on the run.<\/p>\n<p>A 2018 BMW M5501 was speeding east on Bruckner Blvd. when he flew through a red light and smashed into Camera, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Several vehicles were also struck by the BMW driver as he attempted to flee the scene, injuring female a Hyundai driver. William Miller<\/p>\n<p>Detectives told Martinez they believe the driver was going 100 miles per hour at the time, the Daily News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The BMW then slammed into two unoccupied parked cars, a 2012 Camaro and a 2017 Lexus, and then sped off again, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>While continuing to try and escape he hit a 2009 Hyundai Sonata while the driver, a 37-year-old woman, was stopped at a red light on Lafayette Avenue. <\/p>\n<p>He then sideswiped a 2019 Volkswagen, which sent debris flying into a 2005 Chevy Explorer.<\/p>\n<p>Camaro had called his wife just 10 minutes before the crash, she said. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The driver then ditched the BMW, appears to have hopped into another car and fled, according to police. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p>Camera and the female Hyundai driver were both rushed to Lincoln Hospital. Camera was declared dead and the woman was listed in stable condition, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want justice. I want (cops) to catch them,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cI want him to go to jail. I want him to pay for what he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinez and Camera are not legally married but have been together for 25 years and have a 19-year-old daughter together, she told the Daily News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx bicyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver allegedly going 100 miles per hour had just called his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,303,473,57,9,24,63,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-325776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-crime","tag-hit-and-run","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325776","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=325776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}