Family, friends say goodbye to BX hit-and-run victim
By: News 12 Staff Dec 31, 2011, 6:24pm Updated on: Dec 31, 2011
Family and friends bid a final farewell today to a 23-year-old Bronx man killed in a hit-and-run accident earlier this week. Police say Josbel Rivera was struck at around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 26 near the intersection of Moshulu Parkway and Paul Avenue. Services were held at Saint Raymond's Cemetery, where mourners released doves into the air and placed flowers on his casket. One of Rivera's brothers says the family is still searching for suspects in his death. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.Cops: Man killed in hit-and-run