Maikranz claims he didn’t know he struck mother and child

As reported by the Buffalo News:

Pivotal tips from the community led to the arrest of a city man accused in a hit-and-run crash last week which took the life of a 26-year-old mother, who was struck as she crossed Hyde Park Boulevard with her 6-year-old son, city police said today.

Francis A. Maikranz, 54, of Whitney Avenue, told investigators he did not know he hit the mother, Nicole Rodriquez, and her child