A New Jersey councilwoman was captured on video hitting a cyclist with her SUV and then speeding off without stopping after hitting him.
Jersey City councilwoman Amy DeGise was captured on camera slamming into Andrew Black at 8 a.m. on July 19, causing him to fly over vehicle’s hood and fall to the ground.
“I look left, suddenly I just hear ‘Bam.’ I get hit,” said Black, a 29-year-old UberEats deliveryman. “I roll over and I’m in such pain.”
Instead of taking responsibility and stopping, the councilwoman drove away without even glancing back at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Forrest Street in a Nissan Rogue.
Black was stunned after being hit and thankfully was able to stand back up after the accident. Black didn’t suffer any major injuries, but is angry that a community leader failed to do the right thing.
“Someone of prestige, who is demanding to uphold and clean our streets or whatever they’re calling it, can’t even do it themselves,” Black said. “It really upset me.”
The surveillance camera footage appears to show Black pedaling through a red light at the time of the crash. Although DeGise appeared to have the right of way, she was later given a summons for leaving the scene of an accident and failing to report it.
A Change.org petition calling for the councilwoman’s resignation had garnered more than 600 signatures by Thursday.
Disgusting, if this had been Trump or any MAGA supporter it would’ve been all over CNN and MSNBC as well as other partisan news outlets. This Councilwoman should serve some jail time AND RESIGN. She may have had the “right of way” but to leave the scene without stopping and rendering aid is despicable. For someone who is supposed to lead, her behavior was reprehensible.
Exactly…such evil hypocrites.
Blacks life matters too.
The bike rider is an idiot, with that said this Council Person should be jailed and removed from her position, with no possibility to hold office again.