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Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Truck Driver at Union Square This Morning

11:52 AM EDT on May 24, 2012

A 21-year-old woman was killed by the driver of a dump truck in a hit-and-run crash at Union Square early today.

According to reports the woman was walking east across Broadway at 14th Street, in the crosswalk and with the light, when the truck driver, also heading east, made a right turn. The driver continued south on Broadway.

From the Daily News:

"He didn't see her. It was a big truck, a dump truck," said William Cayame, 22. "The light was for her. She had the walk sign," he said.

"She fell on the floor. I just heard the sound, like bones breaking," Cayame said, "It was awful."

Another witness said he had just come out of a nearby drugstore and heard the awful sound of the woman being crushed.

"I heard the noise. I heard her get hit — boom," said Rudy Dearaujo, 42. "I saw the police coming from the park and everybody standing here by her body. They were checking her pulse."

The crash occurred at around 1:30 a.m. The victim, whose name has not been released, died at Beth Israel Hospital.

The News posted a photo of a truck with its coverage, though it's unclear how the picture relates to the story.

Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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