BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A family is heartbroken and a driver is on the run after crashing into an Uber carrying Kelvin Conteh back in December.
Police say Conteh died five days ago after being in a coma for months.
Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges says a nationwide warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Eivi Almontes and charges have been upgraded to criminal vehicular homicide.
Fatmata Ndiaye held back tears on the phone as she spoke about her brother Conteh.
“It has just been the worst nightmare- it still doesn’t feel real,” she said.
Ndiaye said her brother immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone five months before the crash.
“His dream was to establish himself so they (wife and children) could eventually join him in the states,” Ndiaye said.
According to the criminal complaint, Conteh was riding in an Uber that was hit at the intersection of 12th Avenue South and 94th Street in Bloomington around 10:30 p.m. last December.