Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Struck By Several Drivers On NYC Expressway: Cops, Report
An unidentified man was torn to pieces after he was struck by multiple drivers on a Bronx expressway late Monday, according to a report.
NEW YORK CITY — A man was fatally struck and torn to pieces by passing cars on a Bronx expressway, according to police and reports.
The as-yet-unidentified man died late Monday along the Bruckner Expressway near Stratford Avenue, police said.
Police believe he stood in the road's center lane when a 65-year-old man driving east in a 2015 Lexus first struck him about 9:10 p.m., authorities said.
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After that, several other passing cars struck the man and left his body torn apart, the New York Daily News first reported.
None of those subsequent drivers remained at the crash, according to the Daily News. The motorist who first struck the man did stay behind as cops and medics arrived to find a gruesome scene, police said.
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The investigation is ongoing, NYPD officials said.
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