Driver charged in fatal Decker Avenue hit-and-run
In the Classroom
Bruce Arneaud, 28, was charged after police said he hit Diana Rolon while driving a white BMW SUV south on Decker Avenue around 4:18 p.m. on June 21, 2026, and fled, the Daily News reported.
Reported by press, not yet linked to NYC police crash records. This may change when new official records become available or when matching details are reviewed.
Location under review.
What We Know
Police charged Bruce Arneaud, 28, with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death after he drove south on Decker Avenue in a white BMW SUV, hit Diana Rolon, 60, and fled toward Post Avenue, the Daily News reported. ABC7 said a nearby home-security camera captured the BMW speeding seconds before impact. Relatives gave differing accounts of Rolon's movements just before she was hit, and a nurse who heard the impact ran over to help, ABC7 reported. The Daily News reported that Rolon died after hospital treatment. She worked as a school paraprofessional and had been gathering picture frames for her son's graduation party.
Reported vehicle makes
- BMW — accepted press report
Make information is incomplete for the vehicles involved in this crash.
A driver fled after striking Rolon.
The Daily News reported that police said Bruce Arneaud was driving a white BMW SUV south on Decker Avenue when he hit Rolon around 4:18 p.m. on June 21, 2026, then fled toward Post Avenue. ABC7 reported that a home-security camera captured the BMW speeding seconds before impact.
The Daily News said Rolon's niece Emily Feliciano described her as hurrying to her car for cash. ABC7 quoted niece Melissa Rolon saying Diana had crossed Decker Avenue to her car for cash and was standing in front of a double-parked car, waiting to cross again. The accounts differ on her movements immediately before impact.
Nurse Fran McCarthy told ABC7 she ran to give Rolon first aid after hearing the impact. ABC7's June 25 report described Rolon as on life support; the Daily News later reported that she died after hospital treatment.
Reports place the crash on Decker Avenue.
Reports place the crash on Decker Avenue in Port Richmond. The New York Post described it as near Catherine Street, while the Daily News reported that the driver fled toward Post Avenue.
ABC7 described the location as a residential street in Rolon's neighborhood. Her relatives called for lasting safety measures, including speed bumps, and said a speed camera was a few blocks away.
Rolon was preparing for her son's graduation.
Rolon worked as a school paraprofessional at PS 373R in Tompkinsville. Her niece Emily Feliciano told the Daily News that she loved her students, teachers and job.
Her 17-year-old son Michael had just graduated from Michael J. Petrides High School. Feliciano said Rolon had found picture frames at the yard sale to fill with photographs of him for a graduation party.
Arneaud was arrested and pleaded not guilty.
Police arrested Arneaud, 28, and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, the Daily News reported. At arraignment, he pleaded not guilty and was released without bail.