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.
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
Press Articles
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