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At 1:30 p.m., James Dong, a Con Ed customer operations representative, was returning to his company car when he was struck by an 18-wheeler on Bowery between Grand and Hester Streets in Manhattan. The driver, who did not stop, was stopped on the BQE and apparently did not realize he hit someone; it's unlikely he will be charged. A witness told the News, "There were body parts all over the street." Con Ed president Lou Rana said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
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add to facebookWe're hearing reports that a pedestrian at Bowery, near Grand, in Chinatown was fatally hit by an 18-wheeler. The 18-wheeler may have tried to flee the scene, as the truck went over the Manhattan Bridge. The truck was stopped on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and the investigation is ongoing. A few months ago, a few blocks away on Canal, a speeding truck hit a bus, which then fatally hit a pedestrian on a sidewalk. And earlier today, an elderly woman was fatally hit by a car at 75th St and 14th Ave in Brooklyn; the car fled the scene.
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Exactly what every other driver wants: A truck carrying asbestos to overturn, spill its contents, and its driver running away from the scene. That's what happened yesterday afternoon with an asbestos truck on the Clearview Expressway hit a divided and flipped over.
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