The family of the teenager killed in a horrific New Jersey crash slammed the accused driver for leaving his pal to die – and the motorist’s mother for allegedly trying to help him dodge criminal charges.
Parim Murati, the distraught uncle of “one of a kind” 19-year-old Albion Hysenaj, railed Tuesday over the social media support for Vilma Vneshta, the mom accused of fleeing with her son Alvi Limani, 20, to Florida following the fatal smash-up that killed Hysenaj.
“People put posts saying ‘It’s a mother’s love,’ but how does my sister feel now?” Murati, 41, said of Hysenaj’s mother, who is a single parent.
“People want to compare and say a mother would do that for their child, but nobody is putting themselves in my sister’s shoes who actually lost a child.”
Vneshta, 42, and Limani, 20, allegedly absconded to Florida with an eye on leaving the country following the horrific June 29 Garden State Parkway crash that stemmed from a street race turned tragic, according to authorities.
Vneshta and Limani were caught in Miami on July 17 and shipped back to the tristate area last week, the New Jersey State Police said.
Vneshta is facing a count of hindering apprehension.
“I believe she deserves time, she deserves to go to jail as well,” Murati said.
“She shouldn’t be walking free. Being a mother, she should’ve thought about what happened to my sister … What if they would’ve gotten him out of the county? We wouldn’t have gotten any justice.”
A message left for Vneshta’s lawyer was not returned Tuesday.
Murati is also disgusted at Limani, who is facing a slew of charges including aggravated manslaughter. He allegedly slammed into two cars on the parkway and rolled his BMW over, ejecting Hysenaj and one other passenger, who survived, from the car.
“How do you leave your friend? What if he could’ve saved him?” the uncle said. “What if that little bit of help, put your hand on a wound there, what if he could’ve helped him? … he could’ve called 911, he could’ve done anything.”
Hysenaj, a recent high school graduate and lifelong Staten Islander, loved video games and had dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. He helped his mother as much as possible at her job and could easily take apart a PC and put it back together without any training, his uncle said.
“My nephew was most definitely one of a kind, a loving, sweet little boy,” Murati said.
“He basically lit up the room when he walked in the room. Always caring, always there for anyone. He was the type of person you could ask him something and he was gonna do it with a smile on his fase.”
Staten Island resident Emily Harrington, 19, is also facing charges tied to the crash after she allegedly left the crash scene with Limani. The other driver involved in the fatal car racing, Jeter Ogando, 23, of Perth Amboy, NJ, is facing vehicular homicide and related charges.
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