The driver who was caught on camera striking and killing a construction worker on Manhattan’s Upper East Side during a wild road-rage spat was ordered held on $50,000 bond at his Friday arraignment.
Andre Mosby, 26, is accused of fatally plowing into Long Islander Roberto Velez Alvarez after a quarrel, sending the 54-year-old smashing through the glass storefront of a cafe on East 60th Street just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Mosby, who is charged with first degree manslaughter, was driving with a suspended license and had three children and his girlfriend in the car at the time, prosecutors said at the hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court.
He slammed on the gas of his car after Alvarez slashed two of his car tires, according to Assistant District Attorney Shilpa Kalra.
“The decedent gets in front of the defendant’s car while holding the knife, and the defendant accelerates his vehicle running over the decedent and crashing both into the decedent and the defendant’s own vehicle in a large glass storefront, causing the storefront to completely shatter,” Kalra said.
Disturbing footage obtained by The Post early Friday showed the moment Mosby plowed a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta into Alvarez, hurling him through the front of Cafe Oxford, shattering the glass as bystanders screamed.
Video then shows Alvarez lying in a pile of glass shards on the sidewalk as Mosby steps out of his car
He suffered “numerous bodily traumatic injuries” and was pronounced dead less than 30 minutes later, Kalra said Friday.
The fight broke out after Mosby tapped the back of Alvarez’s 2020 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with his car, according to police.
Mosby’s attorney, Scott Gallagher, described his client as a “family man.”
“He is a very proud father, a stay-at-home dad who enjoys cooking for his children every single day and taking all three of them to and from school, going to the park. He takes a lot of pride in being a father,” he said.
After the incident, Mosby told police he only meant to disarm Alvarez and protect his family, claiming his foot “slipped” off the brake and onto the gas pedal.