The driver, Andrew Fouad, 25, of Bayonne, was arrested at 3:20 p.m. Sunday when police located him on West 55th Street and identified him as the driver in the hit-and-run crash. He was charged with assault by auto and endangering an injured person, Amato said.
The victim told police that after the two vehicles were involved in a crash, he got out of his vehicle and tried to stop Fouad from fleeing by standing in front of Fouad’s vehicle, Instead of remaining at the scene, Fouad accelerated and struck the 20-year-old, police were told.