Wake Forest assistant accused of punching tourist who died after hitting head on sidewalk

An assistant basketball coach at Wake Forest University in North Carolina faces assault charges after punching a tourist and leaving him mortally injured on a New York street over the weekend, cops said Thursday.

Jamill Jones, 35, surrendered to police early Thursday, with a lawyer at his side, just two days doctors took Florida tourist Sandor Szabo off life support.

Szabo was returning to his Long Island City, Queens, hotel after attending his stepsister’s wedding when he banged on the window of a parked SUV at 1:15 a.m. on Sunday.

His brother told the Daily News he may have thought the SUV was a cab, and he was trying to get the driver’s attention. Instead, the driver punched him, sending him flying backward, cops said. His head slammed into the sidewalk, and he never regained consciousness.

Jones faces a misdemeanor assault charge. It’s unclear if he’ll face more serious charges as the investigation progresses.