Fatal crash

Truck driver hits, kills man on Hook Creek

A box-truck driver ran over a 41-year-old man on Hook Creek Boulevard in Queens overnight, far from any intersection. The man died under the front of the oversized truck, alone in the dark at 2:11 a.m.

1fatality
May 19, 2023date
2:11 a.m.time

What We Know

A 41-year-old man was killed early May 19 when a box-truck driver hit him on Hook Creek Boulevard in Queens, far from any intersection. According to the police report, the man was a pedestrian in the roadway and was found unconscious with fatal head and internal injuries beneath the truck’s front end. The driver, a 61-year-old man, was traveling straight in an oversized truck. The man died at the scene.

People

  • Pedestrian killed

    Age 41; Male; Pedestrian location: Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection; Pedestrian action: Other Actions in Roadway; Injury: Killed

Vehicles

  • Truck

    2018 ISU-TRUCK/BUS; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: Center Front End; Damage: Center Front End; Driver license status: Licensed

Where

Hook Creek Blvd

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