Truck kills
delivery worker
in Kensington
The body of a 27-year-old delivery worker lies in the street, with his moped under a nearby van. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
COURIER L 6 IFE, JULY 30-AUG. 5, 2021
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
A dump truck driver
fatally struck a mopedriding
delivery worker in
Kensington on Thursday
morning.
Police responded to the
scene just after just after
6:30 am, where they found
the 27-year-old male lying
dead in the roadway near
E. Seventh Street and Caton
Avenue, according to
police.
Cops remained at the
scene while trying to
determine whether the
worker had been hit by the
8-wheeler, or by a white
van, which had driven
atop the moped following
the crash — but ultimately
concluded that the
truck had been initially
involved in the crash.
The driver remained
on the scene, and police
conducted a breathalyzer
test, but made no arrests.
The investigation remains
ongoing, according to an
NYPD spokesperson.
According to the victim’s
roommate, the
27-year-old was an immigrant
who had recently
started working
as a driver for various
app-based food delivery
services.