Construction Worker Dies After Fall Off Queens Bridge Onto Highway: PD

QUEENS — A construction worker fell off a bridge in Queens Tuesday morning and was fatally hit by a vehicle on the highway below, police reported.

The worker fell from the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge onto the northbound lane of the Van Wyck Expressway where he was struck about 10:20 a.m., police said.

The injured worker was rushed in critical condition to New York Presbyterian Hospital in Queens, according to the NYPD. He was pronounced dead at 10:52 a.m, police reported.

The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene, and the investigation is ongoing, authorities said.

The Roosevelt Avenue Bridge crosses Flushing Creek connecting the neighborhoods of Willets Point and Flushing.