The horrifying video shows the moments after a Manhattan special education teacher and mother of four was struck by a moped, who then drove off, leaving her unconscious on the street.
According to police and her husband, David McCurry, 53, a young-looking motorcyclist ran a red light and struck Keri Roy, 57, who was walking home on Broadway near West 218th Street in Inwood around 12:45 p.m. on July 15. Keri had the right of way.
A brief video obtained by The Washington Post shows the driver standing over Roy as he lies unconscious and face-down on the ground, then driving off in an apparent panic.
“I was very upset,” Roy’s husband, David McCurry, said after watching the video. “It’s hard to see someone you love and care about in such a helpless situation… I’ve been married for over 25 years and she’s everything to me and my children, so I [initially] I felt helpless and powerless and very angry.”
Mr McCully said another moped driver was travelling alongside the attacker at the same intersection but was not involved in the accident as he had stopped at a traffic light.
Roy, who suffered a broken jaw and cheekbone, was taken to Harlem Hospital where he was declared in stable condition and released, but was readmitted to hospital again this week.
Her husband said the fractures caused nerve damage to her face, lips and teeth and she now has an infection.
“[The doctors] “Something needs to be done right now. They’ll be taking care of her today or tomorrow,” McCully said Wednesday morning. “Everything is just pouring in. I just found out about this myself a few hours ago.”
Still, McCurry said neither he nor his wife are currently angry at the reckless driver, who is still at large.
“One of the first things I talked to Kelly about was she’s not upset about what happened. I’m not upset about what happened,” he said. “She didn’t do it on purpose, she was driving recklessly. This is a normal thing on the street. It happened, it was meant to happen. I’m sorry this had to happen to my wife.”
The couple have four children, aged 21, 17, 15 and 12.
Her husband said Roy had a “big heart” and taught math to special needs students and also worked as a private tutor.
“She’s a school teacher and she should be enjoying life at this time, but now she’s in hospital,” McCulley said.
“This has affected our whole summer and will affect the whole rest of the year. We had a lot of plans and now it’s all gone awry.”
The NYPD released portions of security camera footage on Tuesday, which showed the hit-and-run driver as a man with dark skin and a thin build.
When last seen, he was wearing a black skull cap, a white tank top, black shorts, and black and red sneakers.
Mopeds have been used as getaway vehicles in several recent crimes in the city, including armed robberies and shootings.
But McCurry says his wife’s case is different.
“A lot of people around us say, ‘We gotta get these kids,'” McCurry says. “And I say, ‘Yeah, we do, but we didn’t do it on purpose. If we did, it would feel totally different.'”
“If this can happen to my wife, it can happen to anyone. There are a lot of roads and a lot of people, and it’s a lot to police all of them,” he added. “But, you know, there’s more law enforcement and more people trying to use common sense, but it’s not always the first thing people do.
“Obviously, they shouldn’t be doing this, but they’re kids and that’s what they do.”
