Bronx cyclist killed by 100mph hit-and-run driver had called wife to say he was just 10 minutes from home

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Key points

• Angelo Camera, a 51-year-old father, was biking throughout Bruckner Boulevard at Longwood Avenue in the South Bronx around 9: 30 p.m.
• The BMW then slammed into two unoccupied parked cars, a 2012 Camaro and a 2017 Lexus, and then sped off again, according to police.
• While continuing to try and escape he hit a 2009 Hyundai Sonata while the driver, a 37-year-old woman, was halted at a red light on Lafayette Avenue.
• A 2018 BMW M5501 was speeding east on Bruckner Blvd.
• Martinez and Camera are not legally married but have been together for 25 years and have a 19-year-old daughter together, she informed the Daily News.

For context, a Bronx bicyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver allegedly going 100 miles per hour had just called his wife to say he was 10 minutes from the safety of home, his grieving widow made public.

Angelo Camera, a 51-year-old father, was biking throughout Bruckner Boulevard at Longwood Avenue in the South Bronx around 9: 30 p.m. Tuesday when a driver blew through a red light and struck him, according to police.

He chatted to his wife, Vilmary Martinez, 51, just moments before the fatal crash as he headed home from his job as a mechanic.

"I called him that night. I informed him I needed something, and he stated, 'I'll be there in 10 minutes, babe, '" Martinez informed the Daily News.

But when she called back 20 minutes afterwards, another man answered – and shortly police explained in horrific detail what had happened to her partner of 25 years.

"There was so much blood on the floor from his legs, from his arms, everywhere, " she informed the paper.

"The detective remarked he looked so bad. His leg was twisted, his arm was broken."

"He took my life, my heart, " she remarked concerning the driver. This person fled the scene and is still on the run.

Meanwhile, a 2018 BMW M5501 was speeding east on Bruckner Blvd. When he flew through a red light and smashed into Camera, according to police.

Detectives informed Martinez they believe the driver was going 100 miles per hour at the time, the Daily News noted.

Meanwhile, the BMW then slammed into two unoccupied parked cars, a 2012 Camaro and a 2017 Lexus, and then sped off again, according to police.

While continuing to try and escape he hit a 2009 Hyundai Sonata while the driver, a 37-year-old woman, was halted at a red light on Lafayette Avenue. He then sideswiped a 2019 Volkswagen. It sent debris flying into a 2005 Chevy Explorer.

Meanwhile, the driver then ditched the BMW, appears to have hopped into another car and fled, according to police. No arrests have been created.

Camera and the female Hyundai driver were both rushed to Lincoln Hospital. Camera was declared dead and the woman was listed in stable condition, cops remarked.

"I want justice. I want (cops) to catch them, " Martinez remarked. "I want him to go to jail. I want him to pay for what he did."

For now, bronx cyclist killed by 100mph hit-and-run driver had called wife to say remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.