Truck Driver Killed Pedestrian Crossing With Signal in Queens
At 6:20 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2025, a driver in a 2018 Freightliner box truck making a left turn at 212th Street and Hillside Avenue hit Kevin Thoral, 29, as he crossed with the signal a block from home, officials and police said.
What We Know
Kevin Thoral, 29, was crossing Hillside Avenue at 212th Street in Queens Village around 6:20 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2025, when a driver in a 2018 Freightliner box truck made a left turn and hit him, according to police and city crash records. The crash record says Thoral was a pedestrian at the intersection and was crossing with the signal. Police told the Daily News he was a block from his Queens home. Medics took him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he was pronounced dead. The city record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor, and the driver remained at the scene with no arrests reported that morning.
A left turn at Hillside Avenue
Police said Kevin Thoral was crossing Hillside Avenue heading south in Queens Village when a driver in a 2018 white Freightliner box truck, traveling north on 212th Street, made a left turn onto Hillside Avenue and hit him around 6:20 a.m.
The city crash record places the fatal crash at 212th Street and Hillside Avenue and records Thoral as a pedestrian at the intersection who was crossing with the signal.
Kevin Thoral was near home
Thoral was 29 and was a block from his Queens home when the driver hit him, the Daily News reported, citing police.
Responding officers found him in the street with injuries throughout his body. Medics took him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he was pronounced dead.
Driver stayed at the scene
Police told the Daily News that the 51-year-old box truck driver remained at the scene, no arrests were made, and the investigation was still underway Friday morning.
Where
212th St & Hillside Ave, Queens