Arrest Made After Elderly Man Hit And Killed By Van On UWS: Police

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man was arrested Wednesday months after an elderly man was hit and killed by a van on the Upper West Side, police said.

Jose Naula Remache, 45, was charged with motor vehicle failure to yield to a pedestrian, police said.

Angel Rodriguez-Albuquerque, 74, was crossing the intersection on May 10 about 3:45 p.m. at Amsterdam Avenue and West 106th Street, when a Ram van struck him, police said.

He was thrown to the pavement and hit his head, police said.

Rodriguez-Albuquerque was rushed to a local hospital in what first was reported as stable condition as the van driver remained on the scene, police said.

Two days later, though, the 74-year-old died from his injuries, police said.

Rodriguez-Albuquerque, a Dominican immigrant, was a resident of the West Side Federation for Senior Housing facility on the Upper West Side.

“He was awesome, always looking out for us. He treated us like we were his other kids," one of the staff members told the New York Daily News at the time.