NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 65-year-old man was struck by a trailer tractor in south Brooklyn in a fatal hit-and-run on Sunday morning, according to the NYPD.
At about 9:49 a.m., Shumi Izjaguev was loading cargo into the back of a parked box truck in front of 700 Columbia St. in Red Hook when police said he lost his balance and entered the roadway.
After falling, Izjaguev was hit by a gray tractor trailer traveling northbound on Columbia Street.
EMS rushed him to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. He lived in Kensington.
The tractor trailer did not remain at the scene and there have been no arrests.
An investigation by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad is ongoing.