{"id":318683,"date":"2026-08-11T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318683\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:17:12","slug":"us-postal-service-driver-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-manhattan-pedestrian-in-hit-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318683\/","title":{"rendered":"US Postal Service driver arrested for allegedly killing Manhattan pedestrian in hit-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK \u2014 A mail carrier has been arrested for fatally striking a pedestrian in Hell&#8217;s Kitchen with his <a data-ylk=\"slk:U.S. Postal Service box truck;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/08\/08\/man-66-fatally-struck-by-passing-car-in-hells-kitchen-crash-nypd\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Postal Service box truck<\/a> and then driving off without stopping, police said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">James Simmons was arrested Saturday afternoon for leaving the scene of a fatal accident that killed a <a data-ylk=\"slk:beloved performer from the downtown Manhattan music scene;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/08\/10\/chet-mazur-legend-in-nyc-music-scene-fatally-struck-after-gig-by-hit-run-u-s-postal-driver\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">beloved performer from the downtown Manhattan music scene<\/a> earlier that day, cops said. The 66-year-old victim, Chester &#8220;Chet&#8221; Mazur, was on his way home from a gig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Simmons, 61, allegedly fled the scene, a postal inspector was able to track the location of the white 2019 Peterbilt box truck, which enabled authorities to link the vehicle to the hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cops found a long gray hair, matching the victim&#8217;s distinctive locks, stuck to the truck about 5 1\/2 feet above the ground, according to the criminal complaint. Mazur was 5-foot-6, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Simmons was driving a downtown on Ninth Avenue when he slammed into 66-year-old, who was crossing mid-block near West 55th Street, about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medics rushed Mazur to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell but he could not be saved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Simmons did not stop after hitting Mazur and continued driving downtown on Ninth Ave., cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mazur was on the block where he lived when he was struck, according to cops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He was right in the middle of the street,&#8221; Dominic Accetta, the owner of Sacco Pizza on Ninth Ave., told the Daily News. &#8220;All I saw was a guy lying on the floor and he was not moving. I saw them put him in the ambulance. They were pumping (his chest).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Simmons lives in St. Albans, Queens, according to cops. He was released without bail after his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 A mail carrier has been arrested for fatally striking a pedestrian in Hell&#8217;s Kitchen with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[32761,41876,4154,119884,75,84,83,9,24,63,26266],"class_list":["post-318683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-downtown-manhattan","tag-fatal-accident","tag-hells-kitchen","tag-james-simmons","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-u-s-postal-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318683","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=318683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}