Out-of-Control Garbage Truck Kills 2, Injures 1 in Midtown

Last night, a private garbage truck jumped a curbed, hitting and killing two pedestrians on West 35th Street near 6th Avenue in Manhattan. The truck driver suffered a heart attack, losing control of the truck. A police source told the News, "He traveled along the sidewalk taking out lampposts, signs, storefront."

The truck first hit a woman, who the Post reports was "killed instantly." The News reports that a 48-year-old man died at Bellevue Hospital while another man is also at Bellevue, undergoing surgery today.

The driver passed a Breathalyzer test and was treated at the scene. His passenger was not injured, nor were any people who were in the store the truck crashed into.

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By Jen Chung in News on February 13, 2008 8:01 AM

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merc1985

Yea, the woman that was killed instantly, according to my super, was decapitated...

Horrible to think. Now I know why the cop yelled at me when i walked out of my building, didnt want me to see that i guess..

merc1985

Yea, the woman that was killed instantly, according to my super, was decapitated...

Horrible to think. Now I know why the cop yelled at me when i walked out of my building, didnt want me to see that i guess..

merc1985

Yea, the woman that was killed instantly, according to my super, was decapitated...

Horrible to think. Now I know why the cop yelled at me when i walked out of my building, didnt want me to see that i guess..

pierrevonbaron

tragic, scary

TJ

edEx,

Being treated at the scene implies that he was not transported to the hospital.

JMH

If these stories don't yet include the obligatory "no charges were filed," I'm sure they will soon. Fucking ridiculous.

ed_Extinct

*If he really was only treated at the scene, then I highly doubt that he suffered a heart attack.*

please explain your emergency medical care background to the class. you can be treated at the scene for a heart attack and then transported to a hospital... that's the beauty of modern medicine.

merc1985

I live in the building that the truck hit. From the rumor mill, he was taken away in cuffs. Supposedly he was stoned. Cant confirm that though. The store that the truck hit has been vacant for a year. If course with a gaping hole in my building, there will be heating issues until that is fixed but more importantly, I hope that third person that was hit is ok. We had a camera on the awning in front of my building that the truck took out. I watched the recording last night and 15 secs before that truck hit @ 10:17pm, I saw someone walk in the direction of it. I can only assume that he is one of the victims but judging from what he looked like, I think he was the 23 year old that survived.