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Fatal crash

Truck Driver Crushes Man on Fordham Road

A flatbed truck driver going west on East Fordham Road hit a 69-year-old man in the roadway. The impact crushed his body. He died there in the afternoon traffic while the city moved around him.

1fatality
August 7, 2023date
1:18 p.m.time

What We Know

According to the police report, a driver in a flatbed truck traveling west on East Fordham Road hit a 69-year-old man in the roadway with the truck’s left front bumper. The man, a pedestrian not in a crosswalk, suffered crush injuries to his entire body and died at the scene on this busy arterial street on a rainy Monday afternoon.

People

  • Pedestrian killed

    Age 69; Male; Pedestrian location: Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection; Pedestrian action: Other Actions in Roadway; Injury: Killed

Vehicles

  • Other

    2016 PTRB-TRUCK/BUS; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: West; Point of impact: Left Front Bumper; Damage: Left Front Bumper; Driver license status: Licensed

Where

East Fordham Rd

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