Driver Runs Over Man Sleeping Under Truck in Queens
At 6:54 p.m. on June 21, 2022, a driver on Maurice Avenue in Queens ran over a 38-year-old pedestrian; police told the New York Post the man had been sleeping under the driver's parked truck outside Mount Zion Cemetery.
What We Know
Police told the New York Post that a 42-year-old driver returned to an unoccupied Ford F350 outside Mount Zion Cemetery before 7 p.m. on June 21, 2022, and began pulling out to drive south on Maurice Avenue. The driver felt a large bump, got out, and realized he had run over a man who had been sleeping underneath, police said. The city crash record lists the victim as a 38-year-old male pedestrian and records one death and no other injuries. EMS took the man to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead about half an hour after the crash. Police said the driver stayed at the scene, and no charges had been filed by the next afternoon.
Police said the driver had just returned to the parked truck
Police told the New York Post that before 7 p.m. on June 21, a man was sleeping beneath an unoccupied Ford F350 outside Mount Zion Cemetery. When a 42-year-old driver returned and began pulling out to head south on Maurice Avenue, the driver felt a large bump, got out, and realized he had run over him.
The city record logs the crash at 6:54 p.m., lists the person killed as a 38-year-old male pedestrian, and describes the driver as going straight ahead in a 2008 Ford-truck/bus chassis cab. No other injuries were recorded.
The crash was recorded on Maurice Avenue, with a nearby-location discrepancy
The city record places the crash at Maurice Avenue and 54 Avenue in Queens. The New York Post, citing police, reported Maurice Avenue and 53rd Drive outside Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth.
CrashCount's Maurice Avenue corridor review counts 258 crashes, 191 injuries, seven serious injuries and four deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Records describe the truck in different ways
The city vehicle record identifies a 2008 Ford-truck/bus chassis cab with one licensed male driver. The Post, citing police, described a parked Ford F350 pickup that had been unoccupied before the driver returned.
The man died at Elmhurst Hospital; the driver stayed
EMS took the man found beneath the truck to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead about half an hour after the crash, the Post reported. Police said the driver stayed at the scene, and no charges had been filed by Wednesday afternoon.