Saturday, June 18, 2016

Upper West Side hit-and-run leaves pedestrian dead







Eyewitness News
Saturday, June 18, 2016 09:03AM
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A pedestrian was killed on the Upper West Side early Saturday morning.

Around 3:37 a.m., police discovered a 21-year-old man lying in the crosswalk at Broadway and West 61st Street.

He was discovered unconscious and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the New York City Police Department, the man tried to cross westbound on Broadway at West 61st Street, when he was struck by a car.

It then fled north on Broadway.

There are no arrests. The investigation is ongoing.