Bicycle deliveryman, pedestrian both dragged and killed when truck mounts Upper ...
Bicycle deliveryman and pedestrian are both dragged and killed when box truck mounts Upper East Side sidewalk in Christmas Eve double tragedy A bicycle deliveryman and a pedestrian were both dragged and killed by a box truck after it mounted an Upper East Side sidewalk on Christmas Eve Friday The deadly crash occurred at Third Avenue and East 61st Street around 9:30 am The driver of a Baldor specialty foods truck was traveling west on East 61st Street when the driver jumped the curb, before striking the victims and a fire hydrant Neither of the two victims were immediately identified Both victims, described by authorities as males, were rushed to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead The box truck driver reportedly remained at the scene and has been questioned, however NYPD said an investigation is ongoing
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A bicycle deliveryman and a pedestrian were both dragged and killed by a box truck after it mounted an Upper East Side sidewalk on Friday in a Christmas Eve double tragedy.
The deadly crash occurred at Third Avenue and East 61st Street around 9:30 am.
The driver of a Baldor specialty foods truck had been traveling westbound on East 61st Street when the driver jumped the curb, before striking the victims and a fire hydrant.
A witness who works across the street from the scene of the accident told the New York Daily News that a Good
