Arrest made in fatal hit and run on Jamaican couple
New York, USA – More than two years after a hit and run incident claimed the lives of a Jamaican couple in Queens, New York, police and the New York Daily News have reported the arrest of a suspect in the case.
The suspect whom police named as Anthony Martin was taken into custody last week on charges of criminal negligence homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, the paper reported.
The January 1, 2021 incident, which occurred on Rockaway Freeway in Rockaway, Queens, claimed the lives of Thelma Reid, 60, and Donovan Gibbon, 57.
Reid and Gibbon, whom relatives said were married in 2013, were rushed to hospital but both died that same day. The couple both worked at LSG Sky Chef’s catering company at nearby Kennedy International Airport, a family member was quoted as saying.
It took some time for investigators to conclusively determine that Martin was in fact driver of the vehicle which collided with the one in which Reid and Gibbon were travelling, the newspaper said.
There were two other occupants in the vehicle with Martin but investigators alleged that they left the scene before first responders arrived. A manhunt is still on for them.
A judge ordered that Martin be held without bail at his arraignment in the Queens Supreme Court.