{"id":159732,"date":"2026-03-10T22:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159732\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:41:36","slug":"woman-killed-in-collision-with-nyc-department-of-transportation-dump-truck-while-crossing-street-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159732\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed in collision with NYC Department of Transportation dump truck while crossing street: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was struck down by a city Department of Transportation dump truck as she crossed a Queens street Tuesday morning, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified victim \u2013 believed to be in her 30s \u2013 was walking at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens just before 9 a.m. when the yellow DOT vehicle hit her, according to the NYPD and photos from the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She died at the scene, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38736298\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/scene-woman-believed-30s-struck-123237308.jpg\" alt=\"The scene where a woman, believed to be in her 30s, was struck and killed by a DOT dump truck at Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Blvd in Queens, Tuesday, March 10, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38736298\"  \/>The woman was struck by a DOT dump truck just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens, police said. Peter Gerber<\/p>\n<p>The DOT driver remained at the scene and no arrests were immediately made, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash is being probed, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by this tragic crash, and our hearts are with the victim\u2019s loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,\u201d a DOT spokesperson said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38736300\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/scene-woman-believed-30s-struck-123237299.jpg\" alt=\"The scene where a woman, believed to be in her 30s, was struck and killed by a DOT dump truck at Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Blvd in Queens, Tuesday, March 10, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38736300\"  \/>The driver stayed at the scene after the deadly collision, police said. Peter Gerber<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe circumstances of the collision are under investigation, and we are committed to fully understanding what happened and if additional steps can be taken to prevent future crashes.<\/p>\n<p>DOT added that it is \u201ccommitted\u201d to improving the safety of its fleet and \u201creducing\u201d the risk of serious crashes on city streets.<\/p>\n<p>Crashes involving city agency vehicles have dropped more than 20% since the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/02\/us-news\/nyc-traffic-deaths-plummet-in-first-quarter-of-2025-officials-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Vision Zero Fleet Safety Plan <\/a>in 2017, DOT said, while crediting the program for \u201csignificant safety upgrades.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was struck down by a city Department of Transportation dump truck as she crossed a Queens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[254,5459,57,9,24,63,4159,8192,122,124,123,58],"class_list":["post-159732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-car-crashes","tag-department-of-transportation","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-pedestrians","tag-police-investigations","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}