A Queens mom was fatally struck by two separate cars in a tragic Christmas hit-and-run just steps from her home – as her distraught son rushed to her side and urged her to keep breathing.
Mother-of-three Antonina Freycinet, 45, was crossing 111th Avenue near 158th Street in Jamaica on her way to the grocery store around 9:30 p.m. when a motorist heading west on the same street rammed into her and drove off, authorities said.
The impact knocked Freycinet to the ground, where she was struck by a second car, a Ford Expedition, police said.
“I ran out and saw her and I was like what the hell?” her oldest son Andrew Dasrath, 20, said. “I was just holding or trying to make sure she didn’t move too much. Initially she was face down and she rolled herself over on her back.”
Dasrath said he came outside when he heard a crash unaware his mother was the victim until he saw her “bleeding out of her mouth.”
“She didn’t say anything,” her devastated son told The Post on Thursday. “I was just telling her don’t move, ‘Breathe mom, breathe!’ It took five or 10 minutes for the ambulance to come.”
He desperately tried to make sure she didn’t choke on her own blood, he said.
But his mom could not be saved and was declared dead after she was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, cops said.
The hit-and-run happened toward the end of a low-key Christmas celebration for the family, including Freycinet, Dasrath, his 18-year-old brother and 7-year-old sister, and the children’s grandmother.
“My little sister bought my mom some Christmas candy and made her a cake,” he added. “She’s 7 – 7-years old.”
The horror unfolded when Freycinet decided to take a trip to the store to buy beverages for the family, Dasrath said.
Dasrath described his mom as a “loving, caring person,” originally from Haiti.
“She was quiet and easy going,” he said. “She always just wanted to do the right thing.”
When Dasrath was just 11-years old, his dad got into a car accident out-of-state because of faulty tires and is now living in a nursing home, he said.
The driver responsible for the deadly Christmas hit-and-run had not been caught by Thursday, and no information was immediately known about the car or the person behind the wheel.
“If I could see that driver – the first one who hit her – I would say you should have stopped,” Dasrath said. “You should have been more careful! Turn yourself in!”
The Ford Expedition driver, a 64-year-old man, stayed at the scene and did not face any charges, cops said.
It appears he didn’t realize he hit her as she lay in the street, sources said.