Yorktown, NY - Fatal Hit-and-Run MVA

Yorktown, NY - A 25-year-old Brooklyn man turned himself to police after, his car struck a Yorktown couple - killing the husband Roger Roth and seriously injuring his wife Diane Roth - as they were crossing Ninth Avenue in Manhattan.

Lameen Witter faces felony charges of leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in serious physical injury. He is also charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor.

The crash killed 53-year-old Roger Roth, and sent 51-year-old Diane Roth into intensive care at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan. She is now in stable condition.
Neighbors described the couple as being more than just husband and wife: They also seemed to need nothing more out of life than each other's company.
They did not have children and they tended to keep to themselves, and both took the train to work.

Dan Birenbaum, a Spring Meadow Road neighbor, said his wife just rode the train into Manhattan with Diane a few days before the accident. He was relieved to hear of Diane's improving condition, and he said there was not a single negative thing he could say about the couple after having known them for more than a decade.
"You would have liked to have them as friends and neighbors," Birenbaum said. "They were just decent, wonderful people."