Driver Runs Over Man Beneath Truck in Maspeth
A driver in a truck going south on Maurice Avenue ran over a man police said had been sleeping beneath it near Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens on June 21, 2022; the official record lists a 38-year-old pedestrian killed.
What We Know
A man was killed in Queens on June 21, 2022, after a driver returned to a truck near Mount Zion Cemetery and began pulling out to drive south on Maurice Avenue, according to police accounts reported by the New York Post. The official crash record lists a 38-year-old male pedestrian killed at Maurice Avenue and 54th Avenue at 6:54 p.m., with a southbound chassis cab going straight ahead. The article places the scene at Maurice Avenue and 53rd Drive and says the man had been sleeping beneath an unoccupied Ford F350 before the driver, a 42-year-old man, ran him over. EMS took the man to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police said the driver stayed at the scene, and no charges had been filed by the following afternoon.
Police said the driver found the man after feeling a bump
The New York Post, citing police, reported that the man had been sleeping beneath an unoccupied Ford F350 outside Mount Zion Cemetery before 7 p.m. When the 42-year-old driver returned, started pulling out, and drove south on Maurice Avenue, he felt a large bump, got out, and realized he had run over the man.
The official crash record lists the fatality at 6:54 p.m. on June 21, 2022, and records one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Maurice Avenue has a recorded pattern of serious crashes
The official record places the crash at Maurice Avenue and 54th Avenue in Queens. CrashCountNYC location context for Maurice Avenue in Queens counts 258 crashes, 191 injuries, 7 serious injuries and 4 deaths since 2022.
The New York Post account places the scene at Maurice Avenue and 53rd Drive, outside Mount Zion Cemetery, so the public accounts differ by one nearby cross street.
The official record and press account describe the truck differently
The official record lists a 2008 Ford truck or bus registered in the crash data as a chassis cab, with one licensed male driver and southbound travel before the crash. The New York Post, citing police, described the truck as a Ford F350 and said the driver was a 42-year-old man who owned it.
Police said the driver remained at the scene
Police told the New York Post that the driver stayed at the scene. The article reported that no charges had been filed by Wednesday afternoon, the day after the fatal crash.