A 65-year-old pistillate crossing a Bronx thoroughfare was fatally struck by a flatbed motortruck operator Monday morning, constabulary said.
The unfortunate was crossing Franklin Ave. successful the crosswalk astatine E. 168th St. erstwhile she was struck astir 8:55 a.m., cops said. It wasn’t instantly wide if she had the locomotion signal.
Medics rushed the pistillate to Lincoln Hospital but she could not beryllium saved. A metallic cane and a market container containing a carton of beverage were near adjacent a excavation of humor aft the crash. The motortruck operator was transporting operation materials.
The 43-year-old operator remained astatine the scene. He was not instantly charged but constabulary are inactive investigating.