According to police, one person was killed when he lay in the middle of an upper West Side road and was pulled across the street by an oncoming car late Sunday.
The 28-year-old driver of a 1998 Lexus sedan was heading north in Central Park West, between 62nd and 63rd Streets in West Park, when a pedestrian walked through a roadway a few minutes before midnight and lay in his path. , The police said.
Officials said the driver was walking – dragging her to some distance while she was standing under the well of the front driver’s wheel.
Police said that at some point, the victim was pulled out from under the car and the driver was stopped.
Authorities found the person lying on the road unconscious and unconscious, with bruises on his head and body.
EMS workers declared him dead.
The Lexus driver remained at the scene until police arrived and was injured or arrested.
The investigation is continuing, police said on Monday morning.
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