UPDATE, 2/2/24, 7:15 p.m.: A woman not a man, as originally reported, was killed after colliding with an oil delivery truck on West 76th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West, early Saturday morning, police told West Side Rag in an amended report. The woman was Anastasia Ledwith, 57, a resident of the Upper West Side, according to the Daily News. Ledwith was traveling eastbound on a two-wheeled, gas-powered scooter when “it struck the rear passenger side of a truck operated by a 50-year-old man, also going eastbound on West 76th Street,” according to an NYPD spokesperson. EMS responded and pronounced Ledwith deceased at the scene. The operator of the truck remained on the scene, no charges were filed. The investigation is ongoing.
Original Story
By Carol Tannenhauser
A man was run over and killed in a collision with an oil delivery truck at 16 West 76th Street at approximately 2:45 a.m. on Saturday.
An NYPD spokesperson told West Side Rag that “a preliminary report determined that the [man] was on a two-wheeled, gas-powered vehicle traveling eastbound on 76th Street behind a delivery truck. The operator of the delivery truck was making a turn going southbound on Central Park West, when he struck and ran over the man with his rear passenger tire. EMS responded and pronounced the man deceased on scene. The operator of the delivery truck remained on scene. The investigation is ongoing by the NYPD Highway Collisions Investigation Squad. The identification of the deceased is being withheld pending family notification.”
NYPD stressed that this is a preliminary report. We will update as more details are known.
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