Box Truck Driver Fatally Hits Man Crossing With Signal in Queens
A 51-year-old box truck driver hit 29-year-old Kevin Thoral while making a left turn at 212th Street and Hillside Avenue in Queens, where the city record says Thoral was crossing with the signal.
What We Know
Kevin Thoral, 29, was crossing Hillside Avenue in Queens Village on the morning of January 31, 2025, when a 51-year-old driver in a 2018 Freightliner box truck made a left turn and hit him, police told the Daily News. The city crash record says the pedestrian was at the intersection and crossing with the signal. Officers found Thoral in the street, medics took him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, and he was pronounced dead. The driver remained at the scene, and police reported no arrests that morning. The official crash record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.
A left turn at Hillside Avenue
Police told the Daily News that Kevin Thoral was crossing Hillside Avenue heading south in Queens Village at about 6:20 a.m. when a 51-year-old driver in a 2018 white Freightliner box truck, traveling north on 212th Street, made a left turn onto Hillside Avenue and hit him.
The city crash record describes Thoral as a pedestrian at the intersection who was crossing with the signal. It lists the box truck driver’s pre-crash movement as making a left turn.
Kevin Thoral was one block from home
Thoral was 29. Police told the Daily News he was a block from his Queens home when the driver hit him. Responding officers found him in the street with injuries throughout his body, and medics took him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver remained at the scene
The Daily News, citing police, reported that the box truck driver was 51 and remained at the scene. Police said no arrests had been made Friday morning as the investigation continued.
The official record identifies the truck as a 2018 Freightliner box truck with one occupant and a New Jersey-licensed male driver.
Where
212th St & Hillside Ave, Queens