Box truck slams into 69-year-old pedestrian on Upper East Side

A field truck mowed down a 69-year-old pedestrian on the Higher East Aspect early Monday, cops stated. 

The male sufferer was crossing at East 89th Avenue and Second Avenue round 4:40 a.m. when the truck crashed into him, authorities stated. 

The sufferer was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the place he was initially listed in essential situation however stabilized later within the morning, cops stated. 

He suffered a extreme damage to his proper arm, police stated.

The 37-year-old box-truck driver stayed on the scene, police stated. 

By later within the morning, it didn't seem that there was any criminality concerned, cops stated. 

The incident comes a day after a Queens lady was crushed between parked vehicles as she tried to cease an out-of-control stolen truck — leaving her gravely injured on the bottom as her younger daughter screamed, “Mommy!”

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A field truck mowed down a 69-year-old pedestrian.
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The male sufferer was crossing at East 89th Avenue and Second Avenue round 4:40 a.m.
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The sufferer suffered a extreme damage to his proper arm.
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Florence Ngwu, 49, was hospitalized in essential situation after the crash and died Monday morning, her niece confirmed. 

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