Mohammed Ali

From the Daily News

A vibrant Queens great-great-grandfather who loved to pedal his bike
around the neighborhood has died after being critically injured by a
hit-and-run driver, police said Tuesday.

That driver, who fled in a blue sedan after striking Mohamed Ali, 88, on April 16
on 131st St. near Rockaway Blvd. in South Ozone Park, was still at
large on Tuesday, two days after Ali was laid to rest during a ceremony
in Queens, his family said.

“He was so full of life,” his daughter, Razia Ali, 51, said. “He was
not the type of guy to be sitting around — he was riding a bike at 88!”

The Guyanan immigrant was the patriarch of a brood of six kids, 10
grandkids, 11 great-grandkids and two great-great-grandkidsl, Razia Ali
said.

“He made us laugh. He was jolly,” she said.

The elderly man had worked as a security guard before retiring, his daughter added.

He often ran errands on his bike or rode around for recreation, she
said. It was not known where he was going on the day he was struck
nearly two miles from his home, she said.

The daughter said detectives are working on the case but told her they don’t have any leads.

“Whoever did this should turn himself in. It’s not right,” she said. They “just hit my father and drove away like that.”