Driver in critical condition with broken neck after flipping pickup in Queens

The Belt Parkway near where a pickup truck driver flipped his car, breaking his neck in the process.
The Belt Parkway near where police say a pickup truck driver flipped his car, breaking his neck in the process. Photo credit Google Street View

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A pickup truck driver is in critical condition with a broken neck after he flipped his car while driving on a Queens highway early Saturday morning, according to the NYPD.

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The 30-year-old man was speeding eastbound on the Belt Parkway when he lost control of his truck near the Lefferts Boulevard exit in South Ozone Park around 12:30 a.m., police said.

Emergency responders found him still behind the wheel with a broken neck and rushed him to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition.

Police are investigating the crash.

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