NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Officials are investigating the death of a 70-year-old man who they said suffered a medical episode that caused a collision in Brooklyn last month.
Police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision at 3rd Avenue, just south of 50th Street in Sunset Park at approximately 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, September 18.
Upon arrival, officers observed a 70-year-old man, unconscious and unresponsive, within the driver's seat of a 2001 Jeep Cherokee, according to the NYPD.
EMS responded and transported the victim to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn where he was pronounced deceased on Thursday, September 30.
The victim was later identified as Robert Tamburello, 70, a Staten Island resident.
Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad determined that the Jeep Cherokee, operated by Tamburello was traveling southbound on 3rd Avenue within the center lane of traffic, when he suffered an apparent medical episode, causing him to drift to the right lane from the center lane of 3rd Avenue as he passed 50th Street, striking a parked/unoccupied tractor trailer within the west side of the intersection on 3rd Avenue.
The operator had no visible signs of trauma observed.
The front passenger, a 57-year-old woman was uninjured but was also transported to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in stable condition.