Delivery worker killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run as cyclist deaths surge across NYC

A 40-year-old delivery worker who came to America with a bike and a dream was killed Thursday night after police say a driver struck him before they fled the scene in Brooklyn.

Mamadou Diallo came to the U.S. from Guinea three years ago with the hope to build a better life and support his family back home. His best friend, Abdoulaye Barry, says Diallo was just a mile from his home in Flatlands when a driver struck him on East 54th Street and Avenue I.

“I’m very, very sad. My heart is broke,” Barry said…

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