Overview
- A 66-year-old man was struck and later pronounced dead after being hit by a vehicle on Ninth Avenue near West 55th Street in Hell's Kitchen early Saturday morning.
- Police and multiple local outlets identified the vehicle as a U.S. Postal Service truck and say the driver did not remain at the scene.
- The NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad opened a probe and is gathering forensic evidence, canvassing for witnesses and reviewing camera footage to locate the driver.
- Authorities have not released the victim's name, detailed descriptions of the truck or whether any arrests have been made, and media requests to the Postal Service were unanswered.
- Fatal hit-and-run cases trigger both criminal and forensic inquiries and this investigation could lead to criminal charges if police link a USPS vehicle and driver to the collision.