Truck Driver Runs Over Man on Columbia
A box-truck driver rolled down Columbia Street and hit a 65-year-old man in the roadway. Morning light, dry pavement, a giant truck, and a man who never got back up.
What We Know
According to the police report, a male driver in a southbound box truck hit a 65-year-old man in the roadway on Columbia Street near Sigourney Street in Brooklyn on a Sunday morning. The man suffered fatal shoulder and upper-arm injuries and was recorded as a pedestrian not at an intersection. Police listed the truck as an oversized vehicle and noted no damage to it in the report.
People
Pedestrian killed
Age 65; Male; Pedestrian location: Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection; Pedestrian action: Other Actions in Roadway; Injury: Killed
Vehicles
Truck
2025 VOLV -TRUCK/BUS; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Avoiding Object in Roadway; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: No Damage; Damage: No Damage; Driver license status: Licensed
Truck
2015 HINO -TRUCK/BUS; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Travel direction: South; Point of impact: No Damage; Damage: No Damage
Where
Columbia St & Sigourney St, Brooklyn
Press Articles
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