SUV Driver Killed After Being Struck by Stolen Box Truck in Queens

Queens, NY – According to police investigation, a 25-year-old Brooklyn man, driving an SUV around Metropolitan Avenue, was killed in a violent crash in Middle Village, Queens at around 1:15 in the afternoon of June 30. The tragic accident involved a 37-year-old driver of a stolen box truck, which slammed into dozens of cars before plowing into the SUV. After the box truck struck the SUV, the suspect fled the scene on foot to the nearby Metropolitan Avenue train station, where police authorities eventually arrested him. The suspect was charged with manslaughter, assault, grand larceny, leaving the scene of an accident, and reckless endangerment. EMS personnel rushed the victim to Elmhurst Hospital, but he was pronounced dead.

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