Man Killed After Getting Hit By Vehicle On Wash Heights Highway

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a 34-year-old man early Wednesday morning on the northbound side of the Henry Hudson Parkway — near West 163rd Street.

NYPD responded to a call of a person possibly struck by a vehicle at the location at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday morning, officers arrived to find a 34-year-old man lying in the roadway unconscious and unresponsive with head and body trauma, according to police.

The man was taken to a hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later.

A preliminary investigation found that the man was walking in the area when he was struck and killed by the vehicle traveling north. NYPD did not specify if the 34-year-old was walking on the actual highway or in an area next to the roadway.

Police also did not say what type of vehicle hit him.

The vehicle did not remain on the scene, and the investigation is ongoing.