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Bronx Dad Saves Son But Dies In Hit-And-Run Rampage

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Miguel Colon
Miguel Colon was crossing East Gun Hill Road in Baychester with his 6-year-old son Sebastian early yesterday evening when he was fatally run down by an enraged driver with a history of drug and arson arrests. According to police, the driver of the Infiniti, Mark St. Pierre, had been arguing with his wife in the parking lot of a nearby Chuck E. Cheese and sped off furiously. Before hitting Colon, he had already slammed into two cars, and a witness tells the Post the vehicle was traveling "at least 85" when it struck Colon, who was able to push his son out of harm's way before his death. St. Pierre allegedly continued driving, hitting several more cars until his vehicle was too wrecked to continue. (The occupants of those vehicles escaped with only minor injuries.) St. Pierre then tried to stagger away, but witnesses chased him and he has soon arrested. Colon had been carrying Sebastian's bicycle when he was run over, and according to the Post, the boy was later heard saying, "I need two pieces off my bike. Can you give me two pieces for memories?"

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  • suntzu316

    RIP he was a good man i knew him well

  • inoyourider

    Scumbag.

  • Spirit of 76

    Anybody notice how ironic the driver's name is? St. Pierre is no saint.

  • ak

    After being the reason that child has to ask for memories of his dad at the scene of the crime, I would hope St Pierre would have to conscience to want to kill himself before somebody else does it anyway.

  • ak

    oops - "have the", not "have to."

  • r1b2

    This is a tragedy for the Colon family, and thoughts go out to them. That it began in the parking lot of a Chuck E Cheese is so pathetic. St Pierre and his wife: high-rollers.

  • r1b2

    This is a tragedy for the Colon family, and thoughts go out to them. That it began in the parking lot of a Chuck E Cheese is so pathetic. St Pierre and his wife: high-rollers.

  • PTG in nyc

    Since the murder weapon was a car I would imagine that the DA's office won't be pressing charges and this scumbag will be free in no time.

  • Sounds about right to me.

  • Rocknrope

    Precisely.

  • Dirk

    This St. Pierre sounds like a real winner. It's too bad there wasn't mob justice.

  • hotstepper

    WTF could happen at Chuck E. Cheese that would possess someone to do this horrific thing? His wife wouldn't let him get sausage AND pepperoni on the pie?

  • Dead Himmler
  • hotstepper

    "pizza-centric violence" is definitely making it's way into my vocabulary. nice find.

  • Splicer

    RIP Miguel Colon. Burn in hell Mark St. Pierre.

  • farleft

    Tragic...So sad.

  • Spirit of 76

    There are times when impromptu justice meted out by an enraged street mob doesn't seem like such a bad idea. Any chance the courts can sentence St. Pierre to public stoning?

  • grandzu

    exactly what i thought.

    people who caught him should have beaten him to death.

  • I'm sure he wasn't totally unscathed.

  • NYCHotShot

    that sob better be ready to spend the rest of his life in jail~!

  • jibbly

    That last line is too damn heartbreaking.

  • Think2wice

    What a goddamn son-of-a-bitch!

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