NEW YORK (AP) - A woman is dead after being hit by a garbage truck while crossing a street in New York City.
Police say the woman was struck and pulled under the wheels of the truck around midnight Tuesday while crossing a street in Greenwich Village. Officials say she was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died.
A witness tells the Daily News (https://nydn.us/2qrnpPR ) that she heard and saw the woman go under the truck’s wheels. Another witness, Dex Sexton, says there was a lot of blood on the sidewalk after the collision.
Witnesses say the distraught truck driver remained on the scene as police investigated.
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