A 40-year-old delivery worker who came to America with a bike and a dream was killed Thursday night after police say a driver struck him before they fled the scene in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
Mamadou Diallo came to the U.S. from Guinea three years ago with the hope to build a better life and support his family back home. His best friend, Abdoulaye Barry, says Diallo was just a mile from his home in Flatlands when a driver struck him on East 54th Street and Avenue I.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very, very sad. My heart is broke,\u201d Barry said.<\/p>\n
Police say the impact sent Diallo flying into a parked car. The driver kept driving and left Diallo to die in the street.<\/p>\n
Barry says Diallo had been working as a DoorDash delivery driver to provide for his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe American dream is hard. You want to work. You want to get money for family, for yourself,\u201d Barry said.<\/p>\n
Barry, who also works as a delivery driver, says he is now too afraid to do the job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t do delivery. I can\u2019t do it, because I\u2019m afraid. I can\u2019t do delivery anymore,\u201d Barry said.<\/p>\n
Diallo\u2019s death comes amid a deadly week for cyclists<\/a> across New York City.<\/p>\n Police say 29-year-old Paulina Tec Choc<\/a> was run over by a pickup truck Tuesday in Cypress Hills while stopped on a bike.<\/p>\n