Cops hunting for ‘person of interest’ in pickup truck death of Queens mom

Police are searching “an individual of curiosity” within the horrific Mom’s Day mow-down of a Queens mother, law-enforcement sources advised The Publish on Monday.

Detectives have a photograph of the person they think stole a heavy truck and slammed it into 49-year-old Florence Ngwu as he fled, leaving her mortally injured on the pavement exterior her residence Sunday morning, sources mentioned.

As Ngwu lay dying on the bottom, her younger daughter screamed, “Mommy! Mommy!” video exhibits.

Ngwu, a mom of 4 and a nurse at an space nursing residence, clung to life with huge head accidents till she died early Monday at Jamaica Hospital, her shattered household mentioned.

The sufferer’s older daughter, Princess Ngwu, advised The Publish on Monday that whereas the household is glad that cops have recognized her mother’s suspected killer, “What’s completed is finished.

Florence Ngwu died after she was hit by a automotive and pinned beneath it on Could 8, 2022.

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Household and associates of Florence Ngwu, who was crushed between parked automobiles in a horror hit-and-run crash on Mom’s Day, arrive at Jamaica Hospital after phrase of Ngwu’s demise.

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Ngwu, a nurse at an space nursing residence, clung to life with huge head accidents till she died early Monday at Jamaica Hospital in keeping with her household.

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“We are able to’t convey her again,” Princess mentioned. “It doesn’t actually change something.

“It’s tragic what occurred, however it's what it's,” she added. ” We’re OK. She educated us all very properly. We have been her life — her youngsters, her husband.”

Princess mentioned she needs her mom to be remembered “as a robust lady.”

“She was a fierce lady, the fiercest lady you’ll ever meet,” she mentioned. “All she ever did was simply work, come residence, look after us.”

The stolen truck was recovered lower than a mile from the place the accident occurred.

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Florence Nguw’s niece mentioned her aunt’s demise nonetheless feels “so surreal.”

“I can’t imagine that is our new actuality,” she mentioned, asking that she solely be recognized as Nnenna B. “Nothing appears to make sense proper now, however we’re attempting our greatest to deal with it the easiest way we all know how.”

Nnenna mentioned an arrest would convey some aid to her, at the very least.

Household and associates of Florence Ngwu depart their South Jamaica residence as they head to Jamaica Hospital.

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“This particular person must be held accountable for what he did,” she mentioned. “If this particular person of curiosity seems to truly be the particular person, I’ll really feel so a lot better realizing it helps convey some justice to all of it.”

Surprising video of the incident confirmed the Ford F-550 truck smashing into a number of automobiles whereas making a U-turn at 167th Road and a hundred and twentieth Avenue earlier than lastly shoving one automotive into Ngwu and wedging her in between two autos. The mother had been attempting to cease the truck on the time.

The truck, stolen from Pawar Builders in Elmhurst about two hours earlier, was recovered lower than a mile from the scene.