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The driver who was caught on camera striking and killing a construction worker on Manhattan’s Upper East Side during a wild road-rage spat was ordered held on $50,000 bond at his Friday arraignment.
Roberto Velez Alvarez was killed after a crash with Andre Mosby escalated into an incident where Mosby pinned Alvarez to a building with his car, the NYPD said.
Andre Mosby, 26, was driving a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta on East 60th Street near Park Avenue when he and Roberto Velez Alvarez, 54 – driving a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck – got into a smash-up around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
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The family of Robert Velez Alvarez, who was mowed down and killed during an Upper East Side road-rage incident Wednesday, says he is not capable of the violent outburst police are describing.