Passenger dies after car crashes into forklift on Bronx street

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad is investigating the death of a passenger in a car that crashed into a forklift on a Bronx street on Wednesday morning.

Just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, February 8, police responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision in front of 3210 Webster Ave. in Norwood.

A preliminary investigation determined that a 2017 black Toyota travelling southbound on Webster Avenue rear-ended a parked unoccupied construction forklift.

As a result of the impact, a 64-year-old male passenger of the moving vehicle sustained body trauma.

EMS transported the passenger to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he died on Thursday, cops said.

The 31-year-old driver of the vehicle sustained minor injuries and was transported by EMS to Saint Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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