Driver runs over man in fatal East Harlem crash.
A 49-year-old Chrysler sedan driver ran over a 53-year-old man in East Harlem, police told the Daily News, in a crash recorded on Second Avenue at 10:37 p.m. on June 22, 2026, with one pedestrian fatality.
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What We Know
The crash occurred on Second Avenue at 10:37 p.m. on June 22, 2026, and the official record counts one pedestrian death. Police told the Daily News that a 49-year-old driver ran over a man who had fallen into the roadway at East 127th Street. The driver left without realizing he had struck the man, police said, and officers later located him on the Upper East Side. No arrests had been reported.
Police described a fall before the collision.
Police told the Daily News that the man was standing at East 127th Street and Second Avenue when he fell into the roadway. A 49-year-old driver in a 2009 Chrysler 300 then ran over him as he lay in the street, according to police.
The official record describes the driver as traveling south, straight ahead, in a four-door sedan. It records one pedestrian death and no other injuries.
Police located the driver after he left.
Medics took the man to Harlem Hospital, where he died, according to the Daily News.
Police said the driver left without realizing he had struck the man. Officers later located him on East 78th Street near First Avenue. The Daily News reported no arrests and said police were investigating what caused the man to fall.
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