A 68-year-old Jamaican man died after he was mowed down by a moped driver going the wrong way in Queens, New York on Friday.
Trevor Samuels, a former correctional officer, was walking in the pedestrian crossing on East 93rd Avenue in the US state, shortly after 6.30 p.m. when he was struck and killed.
The driver of the moped, 26-year-old Yunio Buleje Rodriquez, also suffered minor injuries.
He has been charged with aggravated unlicensed operation.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Mr. Samuels' family said the tragedy occurred just days before he was scheduled to fly to Jamaica to bring his youngest daughter, who is 17, back to Queens for the holidays.
Mr. Samuels moved to New York about 20 years ago.
Now, Kievette Samuels, the oldest of five siblings, said she doesn't believe her family can celebrate Christmas without the family's beloved patriarch there for the festivities.
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