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On Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 at around 9.11 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a pedestrian who was struck by a motor vehicle at the intersection of Grand Concourse and Mount Eden Avenue, in the Mt. Eden section of the Bronx, in the 44th precinct.
Upon arrival, officers observed a 65-year-old man lying on the roadway, unresponsive. EMS responded and transported the aided man to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased on Friday, Nov. 27.
A preliminary investigation determined that the pedestrian, for an unknown reason, was lying on the right lane when the collision occurred. It was reported that the driver of the vehicle could not avoid striking what appeared to him to be an object on the road.
The drive pulled over, and remained on the scene. The identity of the deceased is pending family notification. The collision investigation squad was notified by the office of the city medical examiner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. No criminality is suspected at this time, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information in regards 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 or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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