Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Struck, Dragged By Car On NYC Belt Parkway: What We Know
Additional details on the victim were not readily available.
QUEENS, NY —A man was killed after he reportedly tried to cross a section of the Belt Parkway in Queens on Friday, police said.
The man was struck on the parkway near Lefferts Boulevard by a Lincoln SUV around 6 a.m., police said.
The victim was then run over and dragged several feet by a Toyota truck, police said. The man was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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The fatal crash was first reported by the New York Daily News.
It is not known at this time why the man was trying to cross the parkway.
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Additional details on the victim were not readily available. He has not been identified yet, pending family notification.
No arrests have been made. Police are investigating the crash.
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