NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man dressed in a Coney Island Hospital gown with his admitting bracelets still on was fatally struck by a car as he tried to cross the Belt Parkway on Friday morning.
The 58-year-old man was walking within a lane on the westbound part of the highway near Coney Island Avenue when police said he was struck around 5:50 a.m. by a Honda Accord.
EMS responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.
It wasn't clear when or how the man left the Brooklyn hospital, the New York Post reported.
His identity has not been released at this time.
The 30-year-old driver remained at the scene and was uninjured, police said. She has not been charged.
An investigation is ongoing.
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