Last night, a private garbage truck jumped a curbed, hitting and killing two pedestrians on West 35th Street near 6th Avenue in Manhattan. The truck driver suffered a heart attack, losing control of the truck. A police source told the News, "He traveled along the sidewalk taking out lampposts, signs, storefront."
The truck first hit a woman, who the Post reports was "killed instantly." The News reports that a 48-year-old man died at Bellevue Hospital while another man is also at Bellevue, undergoing surgery today.
The driver passed a Breathalyzer test and was treated at the scene. His passenger was not injured, nor were any people who were in the store the truck crashed into.
