Man Seen Walking Against Traffic on Major Deegan Expressway Dies in Hit & Run Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY

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On Saturday, March 27, at approximately 9.12 p.m., police responded to a call regarding a man who was seen walking southbound on the northbound side of the Major Deegan Expressway in the vicinity of Exit 12 in the 50th precinct.

Upon arrival, police determined that the man of unknown age had been walking northbound in the southbound lanes of the Major Deegan Expressway between Exit 11 and Exit 12 in the vicinity of Van Cortlandt Park when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. EMS responded and pronounced the victim deceased.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing by the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad. The victim has not yet been identified.

Anyone with information with regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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