Pedestrian Seriously Hurt By National Guard Truck Driver on Canal Street
An unidentified man was struck by a National Guard truck driver at the intersection of Canal Street and Centre Street in Lower Manhattan at around 1:30 this afternoon. Witnesses seemed certain that the victim was killed, though an officer at the scene would only say that “a pedestrian got hit” and refused to provide further information.
Update: The victim, identified by DNAinfo as 82-year-old Kwok Fu of Flushing, has died of injuries sustained in the crash.
The truck, part of a convoy that had pulled over further north on Centre Street, was parked on Canal Street between Centre and Lafayette, with some of the victim’s belongings scattered in front of the cab. Witness Tim Coleman told Gothamist that the convoy had been heading west on Canal at the time of the crash. A member of the National Guard declined to discuss what the convoy was transporting.
According to FDNY, the victim was declared “likely to die,” which should trigger a police investigation, and transported to Bellevue Hospital. NYPD’s public information office could not confirm the status of the victim and had no further information at this time.
Brad Aaron contributed reporting to this post.
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