Man lying in Bronx street run over by two vehicles, including marked NYPD SUV

Rebecca White, Rocco Parascandola and Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News on Aug 8, 2026

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NEW YORK — A man who fell unconscious on a Bronx street after fighting a rival early Saturday was run over by two passing vehicles, one a marked NYPD police cruiser, police said.

The grisly death was one of two fatal crashes on city streets within two hours, cops said. In a second, unrelated incident, a 66-year-old man crossing Ninth Ave. in Hell’s Kitchen was fatally struck by a United States Postal Service box truck, which never stopped, cops said.

The early-morning carnage began at about 3:45 a.m. when an unidentified man in his 50s was punched in the head during a fight on College Ave. near E. 166th St. in Melrose, police said.

The man fell in the street unconscious, authorities said. About 10 minutes later, a white BMW SUV zipping east on E. 166th St. ran him over, but kept going, police said.

An NYPD Strategic Response Group SUV rolling behind the BMW also ran over the man, but the officers stopped to render aid.

EMS rushed the victim to Lincoln Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved. Cops were trying to identify him Saturday.

Hours after his death, a pair of slides and thick streaks of blood could be found smeared across the crosswalk where the man was struck.

It was not believed that the SRG SUV was pursuing the BMW as the prone victim was run over, an New York Police Department spokesman said.

All NYPD vehicles have GPS devices that not only show their direction but also their speed. The SRG SUV was going 12 mph when it struck the unidentified man, the department said.

Cops were looking for the BMW driver Saturday.

Less than two hours later, a 66-year-old man was fatally struck by a UPSP box truck as he crossed Ninth Ave.

The victim was crossing mid-block near W. 55th St. at about 5:30 a.m. when he was hit, police said.

“He was right in the middle of the street,” Dominic Accetta, the owner of Sacco Pizza on Ninth Ave., told the Daily News. “All I saw was a guy lying on the floor, and he was not moving. I saw them put him in the ambulance. They were pumping (his chest).”

“I didn’t see him move at all. I don’t know if he’s alive or not,” Accetta, 72, said.

The driver of the box truck, which was heading south on Ninth Ave., never stopped. It was not immediately clear if he knew he had hit someone.

EMS rushed the victim to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, but he couldn’t be saved. His name was not immediately disclosed as officers track down relatives.

Police were still looking for the USPS driver Saturday.

“It’s sad,” Azetta said. “(The driver) should stay because I think they’re gonna catch him. They got a lot of cameras around there.”

“The guy is gonna get more than what he would have,” the pizza shop owner said.

As of Friday, 53 pedestrians have been killed by vehicles on city streets — 13 fewer than this time last year, the NYPD said.

While these fatalities are down, they’re happening way too often, Hell’s Kitchen residents said.

“When is it going to stop?” asked Arthur Coe, who said he was nearly killed by a car as he crossed W. 58th St. Even though he had the green light, the speeding car missed him by mere inches.

“You can walk out your door to go get a cup of coffee or do an errand, and you never go back. How sad is that?” Coe, 70, added. “Doesn’t matter what age. You look and (if the car’s) in your blind spot, you’re killed.”