Arrest made in 2025 hit-and-run that killed Sunset Park grandmother
Jose Rodriguez-Duran, 33, was arrested just over a year after he allegedly flew through a red light and fatally struck 75-year-old Judith Byron, who was just steps from her home.
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The NYPD says an arrest has been made in a 2025 hit-and-run that killed a Sunset Park grandmother.
Jose Rodriguez-Duran, 33, was arrested just over a year after he allegedly flew through a red light and fatally struck 75-year-old Judith Byron.
Investigators say Byron was crossing 7th Avenue at 41st Street, within a crosswalk and with a crossing signal, when she was struck. It happened just after 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 4, 2025.
According to police, Byron sustained trauma throughout her body. Paramedics rushed her to Maimonides Medical Center, where she died.
The NYPD says Rodriguez-Duran, of Brooklyn, allegedly took off after the crash.
He was arrested on Wednesday.
Rodriguez-Duran is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and failure to obey a traffic signal.
