His Specialized road bike was left mangled from the impact of the open container tractor-trailer and Martinez died from his injuries shortly after the crash,doudoune moncler soldes, his family and police said.
“He was my best friend. He can never be replaced,air jordan pas cher,” said George Martinez,Doudounes Moncler, 39,jordan, the victim’s brother. “The family wants something done.”
The close-knit family are desperate for witnesses to come forward and identify the rogue driver that left the scene and tell police what transpired around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
The family erected a makeshift memorial at the median of the crash site complete with flowers, pictures and birthday balloons.
George Martinez said he wants to make sure that his brother a baseball fanatic and bird enthusiast did not die in vain.
“These are the people we’re trying to keep on this earth,” lamented the older brother, speaking of the need to protect hard-working,Air Jordan Femme, family oriented people like his brother.
“When all this is done with,jordan pas cher, I’m going to be an advocate for people who bike,” he said.
Officials with the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives said the perilous thoroughfare, which is one of the few direct east-west routes across Queens, needs a bike lane and other improvements.
“The design in its configuration is really only taking drivers into account,” said Caroline Samponaro,doudoune moncler, the group’s director of bicycle advocacy. “There’s more than enough room to accommodate all different types of street users safely. It’s plenty wide.”
Queens Blvd. is twelve lanes wide at its widest point.
Cops have yet to make an arrest in the deadly accident. A police car was seen Thursday ticketing drivers exiting the Van Wyck Expressway who failed to pause at the stop sign near Hoover Ave., added after Tuesday’s accident.
Officials with the city Department of Transportation said they have improved the road’s safety with measures such as lowering the speed limit and installing speed monitoring devices.
There were zero pedestrian deaths on Queens Blvd. in 2011,moncler pas cher, noted an agency spokeswoman.
But that statistic is of little solace to the family, which will be holding a wake on Friday.
Martinez leaves behind two biological children and another girl,Moncler, Alyssa Kossaris, who he raised since childhood.
“I didn’t even get to say happy birthday to him,” said Kossaris,moncler doudoune, 18, holding back tears.
With Shayna Jacobs and Bryan Pace
idejohn@nydailynews.com