SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, Queens (WABC) – A 51-year-old man was killed by a run-down driver after stopping to help a stranded driver in Queens.
The incident happened just after 8 p.m. on the east side of the Nassau Expressway in Springfield Gardens on Friday evening.
Police say the victim was standing near his 2005 Audi sedan when he was hit.
The search is on for the driver who has left his Dodge Caravan and left on foot.
EMS responded to the site and took the victim to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he died.
There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing by the NYPD.
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