NEW YORK (CMC):
A JAMAICAN man was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Christmas Day while walking home on a Brooklyn street after giving out Christmas gifts, the police said.
The police said Nevilly Mills, 70, was crossing Rockaway Parkway, at Avenue B in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, at 12:01 a.m., when a silver Nissan Murano struck him and sped away.
"He didn't suffer," said Neomi Mills, 71, his wife of 47 years. "God knew what he was doing, and I have no control over that."
The victim's sister Joysilin Mills, 67, said her brother was returning from her nearby home after giving out holiday presents - a toy truck and a dancing doll for the children and Christmas card and some cash for her.
"He hugged me and said, 'I love you,'" before leaving, she recalled.
Minutes later, Mr. Mills, who migrated from Jamaica when he was 17 years old, was hit
crossing the busy thoroughfare and dragged 100 feet.
He was rushed to the nearby Brookdale University Hospital, but the doctors could not save him.
