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Hit-and-run driver who allegedly struck mom and toddler in NYC flips van in botched getaway

A driver who allegedly struck a mom and toddler had to be rescued by witnesses after he flipped his van in a botched getaway that almost killed him. Police said Olubunmi Awoluyi, 61, was driving drunk down Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn on Saturday when he plowed his minivan into two parked vehicles, CBS News reports.
He then allegedly made a U-turn, struck a 26-year-old woman and a 3-year-old girl, and sped off.
a black minivan is seen with a smashed bonney
The driver struck several cars and people.NBC 4 New York
A minivan can be seen on surveillance footage hitting a parked car
The minivan was caught by surveillance cameras crashing into parked cars.NBC 4 New York
The woman had been pushing her stroller near Rockaway Parkway and Winthrop Street in the Brownsville section around 4 p.m., cops said.
The child suffered only minor injuries, according to police, but the mother was unconscious and unresponsive when first responders arrived.
Both were taken to a local hospital and were last reported to be in stable condition. They are expected to make a full recovery. Surveillance video shows the minivan speeding down the street, slamming into the side of a parked Jeep and pushing it onto the sidewalk, overturning onto the driver’s side and striking a parked pickup truck before screeching to a halt. The minivan appeared to already have a damaged hood before it crashed into the parked vehicles.
Police officers stand next to smashed cars
Police said the driver of the car was drunk.NBC 4 New York
A bottle of Hennessy is strewn across the ground
A witness said he saw Hennessy bottles in the alleged suspect’s minivan.NBC 4 New York
Awoluyi was charged with DWI, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident, police said. Cellphone video showed neighbors working together to push the van upright and rescue the driver, who was still pinned in the driver’s seat. “[The driver] was bleeding out of his mouth. There was blood on the road. It was kinda scary watching somebody being pinned and being crushed,” Eudes James told CBS News.
A black minivan with a smashed window is flipped on its side next to another damaged car
The driver was taken into custody at the second scene.NBC 4 New York
“When the firefighter opened the door on the scene, that’s when the liquor bottle fell out,” witness Shanique Fox told the outlet. Delivery driver Danny Square told News 4 he followed the driver of the minivan after he witnessed him strike the pedestrians and a car. “He was drunk because we find in his car three bottles of open Hennessy bottles,” he told the outlet. The driver was taken into custody after crashing his vehicle.   CRDIT: NY Post  By Megan Palin