Carlos "Lito" Vasquez

Carlos Vasquez, known as “Lito” to his friends, loved to ride his
BMX. On April 23, he rode his bike for the last time, at the age of 20.

According to StreetsBlogNYC A
box truck driver cut Lito’s life short, striking him as he was biking on Webster Avenue at around 10:40 p.m. and fleeing the scene.

Last night, Vasquez’s family gathered with 75 of the BMX-ers he rode
with, volunteers with Transportation Alternatives, and Council Member
Ritchie Torres to install a ghost bike at the site of the collision.
They called on the de Blasio administration to take more aggressive
steps to make biking safer in the Bronx.

“[Our pain is] a weapon that we will use to ask the city to build a
safe path for cyclists, youth, everyone who comes out to the street, to
feel safe and feel sure that a car will not collide into them,”
Vasquez’s aunt Doris Nouel said in Spanish.

Many friends and family and his Bike Life/Ruthless Cycle Crew remembered their friend on Instagram tagging #RIPLito