Car Hits Security Booth In Greenpoint And Kills Man Inside: Cops

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — A 72-year-old man died on Thursday after a driver lost control and hit the security booth he had been sitting in, police said.

The 62-year-old driver of a Ford Explorer had been going north on Provost Street around 8 p.m. when he turned onto Paidge Avenue, which is found right near Brooklyn's border on the Newtown Creek, and lost control of the car, police said. He ended up hitting a security booth in front of 59 Paidge Ave., where the 72-year-old was sitting inside.

Emergency responders found the 72-year-old man with trauma to his legs and brought him to Bellevue Hospital, where he died, police said. Police did not specify whether the man was a security guard at the building, which are offices for Time Warner Cable.

The driver was not hurt by the crash and stayed at the scene, police said. There are no arrests and they are still investigating, police said.