FLATLANDS, Brooklyn (WABC) — Mamadou Diallo came to the United States in search of a better life. That dream and his life ended Thursday night on a rain-soaked Brooklyn street flooded by emergency lights.<\/p>\n
“My heard is broke. Its broke. My heart is broke because Mamadou is my best friend,” said Abdoulaye Barry.<\/p>\n
Barry left West Africa three years ago with his best friend to make the journey to New York City. Diallo found a way to make money with two wheels and a hunger for the American dream, but his late-night Doordash delivery turned deadly because of a driver who had no regard for Diallo’s bike or his life.<\/p>\n
Diallo’s friends say this was the second time he had been hit by a car while out delivering on his bike – but this time it was fatal. Police say the driver hit Diallo so hard that he propelled off the bike – feet into the air and into a parked car.<\/p>\n
Police say the driver of a dark-colored BMW sedan just kept going, leaving the scene at East 54th Street and Avenue I, leaving Diallo to die.<\/p>\n
“They came and they went over to where he was lying in the street. And then they picked him up and left,” said an eyewitness named Valerie.<\/p>\n
40-year-old Diallo was the third cyclist killed this week in a hit-and-run. On Tuesday, 51-year-old Angelo Camera, a father of five, was killed in a crash while riding his bike home from work in the Bronx. Police say the driver blew a red light.<\/p>\n
Also on Tuesday, 29-year-old Paulina Tec Choc was run over by a pickup truck while stopped on her e-bike at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street.<\/p>\n
Barry also makes a living on a delivery bike, which right now feels like a gamble with his life after losing his friend.<\/p>\n
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