Daniel Hernandez, 17, died within the Bronx after falling off of a parked trailer.
Kevin C. Downs
A 17-year-old boy was killed in a freak mishap in The Bronx early Monday when he was standing on prime of a parked trailer, misplaced his steadiness and landed underneath the wheels of a passing truck, cops mentioned.
Daniel Hernandez of Manhattan “fell from the highest of the field trailer in direction of the roadway, touchdown on the transferring tractor’s lowboy trailer uncovered rear tandem wheels,” the NYPD mentioned in a press release.
It was unclear what the teenager was doing atop the trailer or what brought about him to fall off.
His physique was “pinched between the rotating rear wheels” earlier than being run over, NYPD mentioned.
The tractor’s operator, a 42-year-old man, stayed on the scene. No costs have been filed within the incident, police mentioned.
In the meantime, a 65-year-old pedestrian died in Brooklyn on Sunday evening when a hit-run driver struck him in Canarsie, the NYPD mentioned.
The 2014 grey Nissan Pathfinder was headed south on Remsen Avenue when it turned left onto Avenue M and hit the sufferer, recognized by cops as Ali Alshawesh of Canarsie.
Cops later discovered the Pathfinder close by in entrance of 1454 E. 96 St. — with out its driver.
Investigations into each deadly incidents are ongoing, police mentioned.
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