Arrest Made in Fatal New Year's Eve Hit-and-Run

Police have made an arrest in a fatal New Year’s Eve hit-and-run in Manhattan.

Prezidor Porbeni, 28, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death in the crash that killed 44-year-old Guler Ugur-Yaacobi, police say.

Authorities said Ugur, a 44-year-old commercial photographer, was hit by a dark-colored Land Rover or Range Rover as she was crossing 113th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Morningside Heights. She was taken to Saint Luke’s Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

It was not immediately clear if Porbeni had an attorney. 

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