An NYPD highway patrol officer rushing to respond to a 911 struck a pedestrian crossing the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens early Sunday morning, police said.
The driver had activated the lights and sirens of the marked NYPD vehicle when they struck the 23-year-old victim near Liberty Ave. around 4:30 a.m. in Jamaica, officials said.
An NYPD spokesperson could not immediately say what type of call they were responding to.
The pedestrian was attempting to cross the highway from east to west when he was struck.
Medics took the victim to Jamaica Hospital, but he could not be saved. His name was not immediately released.
The officers in the vehicle, who are assigned to Highway Patrol Unit 3, were not injured, police said.
The NYPD is still investigating the crash.
