Woman Killed By Hit-And-Run Private Garbage Truck In BK, Cops Say

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — A private garbage truck slammed into a woman, dragged her down a Brooklyn block then sped away from the dying woman, police said.

The truck hit the woman as she crossed 86th Street near Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst about 4 a.m. Thursday morning, said police.

Medics found the woman lying in the street and pronounced her dead at the scene, according to police.

Investigators did not immediately know who the driver was or what company he worked for, said police.

New York City claimed control of the private garbage industry in November after years of repeated reports of trucks skirting traffic laws and seemingly rolling around "with impunity."

Between 2010 and November 2019, 28 New Yorkers were killed by private carters, among them an NYPD worker fatally crushed in Brooklyn, Sanitation Department Commissioner Kathryn Garcia said at the time.

The new legislation divides New York City into 20 zones where no more than three private trash collectors — who must first ask permission from the Department of Sanitation — can serve.