Crime & Safety
Truck Driver Hits, Kills 2 Men On Upper East Side: Police
A pedestrian and a cyclist were hit and killed by a truck driver on the Upper East Side Friday morning, police said. Another man was hurt.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A cyclist and a pedestrian were both fatally struck by a truck driver on the Upper East Side on Friday, police said.
The crash happened around 9:21 a.m. at the intersection of East 61st Street and Third Avenue.
A man driving a box truck hit two pedestrians and one cyclist in the street. The cyclist and one of the pedestrians were rushed to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
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The other pedestrian suffered only minor injuries, according to an NYPD spokesperson. All three victims were adult men.
The vehicle was a delivery truck from Baldor's Specialty Foods, the New York Post reported. Its driver stayed at the scene, and police did not announce any arrests.
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Police were still investigating the circumstances of the crash shortly before noon on Friday.
The Christmas Eve crash came just days after a delivery cyclist was killed after colliding with a parked truck on First Avenue. That crash, which took the life of 31-year-old Salvador Navarrete Flores, triggered an outpouring of grief from his fellow "deliveristas."
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