— A pedestrian killed after he was hit by an SUV, then trapped under another vehicle and dragged nearly 20 miles, was identified Thursday as a 26-year-old Ecuadorean immigrant recently laid off from a construction job.
A cousin identified the man as Guido Salvador Carabajo-Jara, police said. Officers had found only a business card, Western Union receipt and iPhone in his pockets after his battered body was discovered in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

Police said the gruesome death was accidental and that they have no plans to charge the two drivers, who both have clean driving records.

Carabajo-Jara's body was to undergo an autopsy Thursday so authorities can try to determine when he died. The miles of dragging wore off the hair on the back of his head and his clothing and skin on his legs and buttocks.

Details emerged Thursday about the victim, who was apparently unmarried and shared an apartment with his cousin and sister, who was making funeral arrangements. Their mother lives in Ecuador, police said.

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A relative, Ignacio Quintero, said Carabajo-Jara had a 4-year-old daughter in Ecuador and faithfully sent money back to his family there to care for the girl. He described Carabajo-Jara as a hard worker whose mission was to provide for his child and save enough money to build a home in Ecuador. Quintero said the family was devastated.

Carabajo-Jara had recently been laid off from a construction job laying tile in Brooklyn. It wasn't clear how long he had been living in Queens.

He was hit Wednesday morning in the Corona section of Queens, while apparently crossing against the light. The driver, Gustavo Acosta, called police, who arrived to find the victim gone.

About two vehicles behind, though, Manual Lituma Sanchez ran over Carabajo-Jara with his van, and Carabajo-Jara became hooked to the underside of the van. Unaware of anything wrong, Lituma Sanchez drove to Brooklyn, ending up in Brighton Beach, where he worked as a delivery man, police said.

At one point, he even suspected something was wrong, pulled over and checked under the hood. But he did not look under the car.

"I didn't feel anything, and I didn't hear anything," Lituma Sanchez told reporters Wednesday. "I didn't know what happened."

The van traveled for nearly an hour before a pedestrian alerted the driver to something dragging under the van. It was only then that Lituma Sanchez saw the body and called authorities.

It was the third death of an Ecuadorean immigrant to shock New Yorkers in a little more than three months.

Jose Oswaldo Sucuzhanay, a 31-year-old real estate agent, was walking arm in arm with his brother in Brooklyn in December when he was beaten to death in an apparent hate crime by assailants who shouted anti-Hispanic and anti-gay slurs.

That killing followed the death on Long Island of Marcelo Lucero, 37, an Ecuadorean immigrant who was fatally stabbed Nov. 8. Prosecutors allege that seven teenagers charged in Lucero's assault had set out to attack a Hispanic person.

Seriously Graycap...can we stop with these awful stories already? It's like you're the grim reaper or some shit...always posting the bad news!

CarrieLee said:

lol.....That is not the intention.

Are we supposed to have an opinion on this?

Okay, I don't care how unpopular it makes me--I am firmly against dragging bodies through the streets of the city.

Efan said:

qHow does a person know know is dragging a body underneath his vehicle?

This actually happened to a friend of mine...only it was her brother driving and it was about 100 feet. He was trying to get away from some dudes that wanted to beat him up and she ran out when he took off, she got hurt real bad but survived. I think he went to jail for it for a little while, I can't remember.

I read this story earlier and it made me sick.


Terrible, terrible way to go.
I used to think burning to death would be the worst way to die...I think this one tops the list.

I know it's a crazy story that doesn't make sense cause they said it was a second vehicle that dragged him and you know this just reminds me of the Torture this black guy got in TEXAS being dragged by a Truck. I hope it was an Accident and not some BIAS INCIDENT.

OMG, how awful.

Efan said:

seriously though, i saw about this on the news yesterday, after watching 90210 ( ). sad story indeed .