Man Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run
Cross Bronx Expy & Ellis Ave, Unionport, Bronx
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Summary
- A 20-year-old man, Brando Jose De La Cruz, was fatally struck while crossing the Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road at Ellis Avenue on November 30, 2025, when an SUV hit him and fled the scene.
- After months of investigation, police arrested 22-year-old Enisman W Jalloh on April 21, 2026, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.
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Following an investigation, police arrested 22-year-old Enisman W Jalloh on April 21, 2026, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.
Emergency crews transported De La Cruz to a hospital with severe head and body injuries, where he was pronounced dead, while the driver fled the scene.
Police say a 20-year-old man, Brando Jose De La Cruz, was crossing the service road when he was struck by an SUV around 6:03 p.m. on November 30, 2025.
NYPD is asking any community members with Ring cameras or other video footage in the surrounding area to please come forward with information.
Police are working to gather more information about the vehicle that fled the location after striking the pedestrian. This is being investigated as a fatal vehicleβpedestrian collision.
According to a Citizen source, the pedestrian involved is in serious condition and was not moving.
Traffic is temporarily stopped on the Cross Bronx Expressway service lane westbound by NYPD and a Highway CIS unit.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Cross Bronx Expy & Ellis Ave.
Following an investigation, police arrested 22-year-old Enisman W Jalloh on April 21, 2026, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.
Emergency crews transported De La Cruz to a hospital with severe head and body injuries, where he was pronounced dead, while the driver fled the scene.
Police say a 20-year-old man, Brando Jose De La Cruz, was crossing the service road when he was struck by an SUV around 6:03 p.m. on November 30, 2025.
NYPD is asking any community members with Ring cameras or other video footage in the surrounding area to please come forward with information.
Police are working to gather more information about the vehicle that fled the location after striking the pedestrian. This is being investigated as a fatal vehicleβpedestrian collision.
According to a Citizen source, the pedestrian involved is in serious condition and was not moving.
Traffic is temporarily stopped on the Cross Bronx Expressway service lane westbound by NYPD and a Highway CIS unit.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Cross Bronx Expy & Ellis Ave.
Following an investigation, police arrested 22-year-old Enisman W Jalloh on April 21, 2026, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.
Emergency crews transported De La Cruz to a hospital with severe head and body injuries, where he was pronounced dead, while the driver fled the scene.
Police say a 20-year-old man, Brando Jose De La Cruz, was crossing the service road when he was struck by an SUV around 6:03 p.m. on November 30, 2025.
NYPD is asking any community members with Ring cameras or other video footage in the surrounding area to please come forward with information.
Police are working to gather more information about the vehicle that fled the location after striking the pedestrian. This is being investigated as a fatal vehicleβpedestrian collision.
According to a Citizen source, the pedestrian involved is in serious condition and was not moving.
Traffic is temporarily stopped on the Cross Bronx Expressway service lane westbound by NYPD and a Highway CIS unit.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Cross Bronx Expy & Ellis Ave.
Following an investigation, police arrested 22-year-old Enisman W Jalloh on April 21, 2026, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.
Emergency crews transported De La Cruz to a hospital with severe head and body injuries, where he was pronounced dead, while the driver fled the scene.
Police say a 20-year-old man, Brando Jose De La Cruz, was crossing the service road when he was struck by an SUV around 6:03 p.m. on November 30, 2025.
NYPD is asking any community members with Ring cameras or other video footage in the surrounding area to please come forward with information.
Police are working to gather more information about the vehicle that fled the location after striking the pedestrian. This is being investigated as a fatal vehicleβpedestrian collision.
According to a Citizen source, the pedestrian involved is in serious condition and was not moving.
Traffic is temporarily stopped on the Cross Bronx Expressway service lane westbound by NYPD and a Highway CIS unit.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Cross Bronx Expy & Ellis Ave.
Following an investigation, police arrested 22-year-old Enisman W Jalloh on April 21, 2026, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.
Emergency crews transported De La Cruz to a hospital with severe head and body injuries, where he was pronounced dead, while the driver fled the scene.
Police say a 20-year-old man, Brando Jose De La Cruz, was crossing the service road when he was struck by an SUV around 6:03 p.m. on November 30, 2025.
NYPD is asking any community members with Ring cameras or other video footage in the surrounding area to please come forward with information.
Police are working to gather more information about the vehicle that fled the location after striking the pedestrian. This is being investigated as a fatal vehicleβpedestrian collision.
According to a Citizen source, the pedestrian involved is in serious condition and was not moving.
Traffic is temporarily stopped on the Cross Bronx Expressway service lane westbound by NYPD and a Highway CIS unit.
A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Cross Bronx Expy & Ellis Ave.
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Thank you for reporting Davin. Stay safe π
thats insane; how could you drive off? just because you dont want to face the consequences of your own actions? they will be caught its just a matter of when
praying for his family . I hope the person who was driving never gets a nights rest taking a life. I hope that karma comes back TEN FOLD
This intersection path to the bridge is so dangerous cars always zoom by and never look at the light when it turns red for someone to pass
Thank you for reporting Davin. Stay safe π
thats insane; how could you drive off? just because you dont want to face the consequences of your own actions? they will be caught its just a matter of when
praying for his family . I hope the person who was driving never gets a nights rest taking a life. I hope that karma comes back TEN FOLD
This intersection path to the bridge is so dangerous cars always zoom by and never look at the light when it turns red for someone to pass
Thank you for reporting Davin. Stay safe π
thats insane; how could you drive off? just because you dont want to face the consequences of your own actions? they will be caught its just a matter of when
praying for his family . I hope the person who was driving never gets a nights rest taking a life. I hope that karma comes back TEN FOLD
This intersection path to the bridge is so dangerous cars always zoom by and never look at the light when it turns red for someone to pass
Thank you for reporting Davin. Stay safe π
thats insane; how could you drive off? just because you dont want to face the consequences of your own actions? they will be caught its just a matter of when
praying for his family . I hope the person who was driving never gets a nights rest taking a life. I hope that karma comes back TEN FOLD
This intersection path to the bridge is so dangerous cars always zoom by and never look at the light when it turns red for someone to pass
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Thank you for reporting Davin. Stay safe π
thats insane; how could you drive off? just because you dont want to face the consequences of your own actions? they will be caught its just a matter of when
praying for his family . I hope the person who was driving never gets a nights rest taking a life. I hope that karma comes back TEN FOLD
This intersection path to the bridge is so dangerous cars always zoom by and never look at the light when it turns red for someone to pass