A driver has handed himself in after he allegedly fatally mowed down a drummer. According to the New York Post, the fatal incident allegedly happened in February.
35-year-old Gregory Ventura surrendered himself to authorities with a lawyer present in a Downtown Brooklyn police precinct. He was booked and charged with the criminally negligent homicide of 31-year-old Joshua Germain.
He was also charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing death, reckless driving, and moving unsafely from a lane.
The original hit-and-run incident happened at around 12:15am local time on February 15th. Germain was crossing the road in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when a Nissan Murano SUV struck him.
Ventura, the driver of the car, drove off following the collision. Whilst Germain was rushed to the Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he tragically died from his wounds days later, on February 20.
Ventura was given supervised release due to the fact he surrendered of his own accord. This was something that the prosecutors asked to happen. In any case, he's scheduled to appear in court on August 18, according to authorities.
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Family Remembered the Hit and Run Victim
Germain's family have released touching tributes following his untimely passing.
His father revealed Germain was a doting and loving father in the lead up to his death. He was a father of four. "A week before [his death]," Germain explained, "he was at his son's school, and tomorrow that's his son's graduation. He loved his son. He was a lovely son, a lovely father."
Germain's father continued, "He made sure that he was at every game, every school event. The last event he went to with his son was like a little party they had at the school."
Germain was an award-winning drummer, according to his father. He was the recipient of an award at McDonald's Gospelfest.
And, after his death, the people Germain helped wanted to help pay them back for all he did. "But people calling me, supporting me, that's all I need from people, and that's what I'm getting from them, you know?"
And Germain's father said a heartfelt "yes... yes," in response to being asked whether the arrest of the alleged hit-and-run driver brought him any peace.
Rest in peace, Joshua Germain.
