Teen badly hurt in Bx. hit-&-run
THEY’LL be saving lives — and making new lives together.
Two EMTs proposed to their fiancées after graduating Wednesday from the fire department’s EMS Academy.
“Today was the biggest day of my life. I just wanted to share that experience with her,” Bronx native Antwann Morales, 25, said of Rosanna Gomez, also 25.
Shane Mezzacappa, 26, of New Dorp, Staten Island, agreed.
“Why not have two beautiful things on the same day?” he said after proposing to Corinne Hankey, 23(inset). A HIT-AND-RUN driver behind the wheel of a stolen car left a teenager clinging to life on a Bronx street Wednesday afternoon, police sources said.
The teen was crossing the street near E. 165th St. and Union Ave. in Morrisania just after 4 p.m. when a silver Acura struck him, cops said.
The Acura, which was headed north on Union, then slammed into a parked Kenworth 18-wheeler, witnesses said.
“Two men jumped out and ran. They got out and ran straight ahead, up Union,” said the truck’s driver, Angel Rivera, 27, of the Bronx. Along with the car, the creeps left the teen bleeding on the ground.
The victim, Rivera said, was a “small-figured guy.”
“He was bleeding from everywhere. He was bleeding from his mouth, nose and head.”
The teen was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was in critical condition, cops said.