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Pedestrian in dragging death just turned 26

Ecuadorean immigrant was under van for nearly 20 miles

The pedestrian killed after he was hit by a sport utility vehicle and then dragged 20 miles beneath a van is an Ecuadorean immigrant who was sending money back home each week to have a home built for his wife and for a daughter he never met.

Guido Salvador Carabajo-Jara came to New York to find work and had enough success that he planned to return home later this year to his wife, Sonia,...

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