OAKLAND GARDENS — A 54-year-old man was killed early Wednesday morning after being hit by a car while running across the Cross Island Parkway, police said.
The NYPD said a man in a 2014 Mercedes Benz was traveling east in the left lane of the Grand Central Parkway in Oakland Gardens when he got out of the car and began running across the roadway as the vehicle collided with the median. The man crossed both westbound lanes of the GCP and was attempting to cross the northbound lanes of the Cross Island Parkway when he was hit by a 2005 Ford van, authorities said.
The man was taken to North Shore-LIJ Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police said the driver of the van remained on the scene and an investigation was being conducted.
