BROOKLYN: Fire Department EMT Arrested After Fatal Hit And Run That Killed A Teacher

BROOKLYN: Matthew Jansen, a teacher at P.S. 110, was crossing McGuinness Boulevard against traffic in Greenpoint on his 58th birthday, May 18, when he was hit by Tariq Witherspoon’s Rolls Royce. Witherspoon allegedly fled the scene.

Nine months later Witherspoon, a Bushwick resident and an EMT for 11 years, has been arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and a speed violation.

After Jansen’s death, children at the elementary school where he worked put up a memorial wall in his honor, including a student’s drawing of a child crying and other heartfelt messages.

Matthew Jensen was a beloved teacher at P.S.110

Tariq Witherspoon has been released after posting $15,000 cash bail.

He is suspended from the FDNY without pay.