Gabriella Aguilar-Vallinos

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Gabriella Aguilar-Vallinos
Friday, September 11, 2015
Age: 27

Location:
City Island Bridge, east bound lane
Bronx , NY
United States

According to StreetsBlog:

Gabriela Aguilar-Vallinos, 27, was heading home to Soundview after
leaving her job at Sammy’s Shrimp Box on City Island. As she was
bicycling west over the City Island Bridge just after 11:45 p.m. Friday,
the driver of a white 2015 Hyundai Genesis going the same direction
struck her before fleeing the scene.

Aguilar-Vallinos suffered severe head trauma and was taken to Jacobi
Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The driver remains on the
loose. Police have released video of the vehicle leaving a parking lot before its driver killed Aguilar-Vallinos.

“We are devastated,” Lenin Ramirez, a cousin of Aguilar-Vallinos, said through tears to WABC. “This guy, he just ran away.”

“Gabriela, she was really, really energetic person. She was always positive in life. She had so many plans,” Ramirez told WCBS. Aguilar-Vallinos moved to New York from Mexico at the age of 16, he said.

The City Island Bridge is currently under construction.
When finished, the new bridge will have two six-foot bicycle lanes on
either side. At the moment, there is no shoulder on the bridge, though
there is a third center lane, not used by through traffic, across the
length of the span.

According to DNA Info, the driver was eventually caught, convicted and sentanced to 6 years. 

Moreno apologized for his actions and asked the victim's family for forgiveness.

He said he hoped to honor Aguilar-Vallinos by becoming a better person while serving out his sentence.

"In her memory, I plan to use my time incarcerated to better myself
in every way... so I can come out and be the best man I can possibly
be," he said.