A man was fatally struck after being hit by the drivers of two trucks on Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn just after 7:45 a.m. on Friday, July 17, police reported.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Police in Brooklyn are looking for the truck driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in an apparent hit-and-run crash on Friday morning.
Law enforcement sources said the deadly incident occurred in front of 946 Pennsylvania Ave., between Cozine and Wortman Avenues, in New Lots at about 7:45 a.m. on July 17.
Officers from the 75th Precinct rushed to the location and found the victim, a 34-year-old man, lying on the ground.
During a preliminary investigation, police learned that the victim had been walking across Pennsylvania Avenue when the driver of a truck traveling southbound on the roadway collided with him. Seconds later, the man — who had apparently survived the first strike and got back up off the pavement — was hit by a second truck traveling in the same direction.
Law enforcement sources said the deadly incident occurred in front of 946 Pennsylvania Ave., between Cozine and Wortman Avenues, in New Lots at about 7:45 a.m. on July 17.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Police sources said the driver of the first truck that struck the man did not stop and fled the scene. The other truck driver remained at the scene.
EMS rushed the victim to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
So far, no arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation, which is now in the hands of the NYPD Highway Patrol Collision Investigation Squad.
Law enforcement sources said the deadly incident occurred in front of 946 Pennsylvania Ave., between Cozine and Wortman Avenues, in New Lots at about 7:45 a.m. on July 17.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
The New Lots hit-and-run occurred hours after another incident in Brooklyn in which a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured after being hit by an automobile driver.
Police said that the incident occurred at about 12:30 a.m. on July 17 at the corner of Euclid and Sutter Avenues in Cypress Hills. The boy was rushed to Maimonides Children’s Hospital in stable condition.
The driver involved in that crash remained on the scene, police reported. No criminality is suspected.