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08-30-2008, 06:25
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SPRING VALLEY - A 67-year-old man just regaining his ability to walk after being struck in a hit-and-run 14 months ago was run down yesterday by a truck that jumped a curb on Main Street.
The man suffered severe leg and hip injuries in the 10:50 a.m. incident that closed Main Street between Lawrence Avenue and Church Street, tangling traffic until about 2 p.m.
Yesterday's scene is about two blocks from where the man - whom police would not identify - was seriously injured May 21, 2007, Detective Robert Bookstein said.
The truck was heading north on Main Street when a car moving south went around a delivery vehicle and cut into the opposite lane, police said. The trucker avoided a head-on collision with the car by swerving to his right and jumping the curb.
"The car was coming straight at the truck and the truck driver avoided one accident by swerving to the side," Bookstein said. "The truck hit a pedestrian on the sidewalk."
The man was expected to undergo surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Bookstein said.
"The really sad part is this guy got hit by a hit-and-run driver a year or so ago," Bookstein said. "He was in recovery and starting to walk again."
Before being transported to the hospital, the injured man was treated at the scene by Rockland Paramedic Services and the Spring Hill Ambulance Corps.
Spring Valley police and the Clarkstown Police Department Accident Reconstruction Unit were at scene. The New York State Department of Transportation assisted with the inspection of the truck.
The investigation found that the truck, carrying equipment on its flatbed, had numerous federal and state safety violations, Bookstein said. No arrests have been made.
The truck, registered to a Queens company (http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080830/NEWS03/808300350#), was taken off the road, Bookstein said.
He didn't have specifics on the problems with the truck.
"Many of the summonses were for violations that require the truck to be taken out of service," Bookstein said.
Police did not identify the victim in last year's hit-and-run, or the Suffern man they found and arrested shortly after.
Police last year told The Journal News that witnesses reported seeing a Nissan Maxima strike a Spring Valley man crossing Lawrence Street at 3:29 p.m. and then drive away. A village police officer spotted the car almost immediately and stopped the driver in front of Finkelstein Library. The victim was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital for compound fractures to both legs.
SPRING VALLEY - A 67-year-old man just regaining his ability to walk after being struck in a hit-and-run 14 months ago was run down yesterday by a truck that jumped a curb on Main Street.
The man suffered severe leg and hip injuries in the 10:50 a.m. incident that closed Main Street between Lawrence Avenue and Church Street, tangling traffic until about 2 p.m.
Yesterday's scene is about two blocks from where the man - whom police would not identify - was seriously injured May 21, 2007, Detective Robert Bookstein said.
The truck was heading north on Main Street when a car moving south went around a delivery vehicle and cut into the opposite lane, police said. The trucker avoided a head-on collision with the car by swerving to his right and jumping the curb.
"The car was coming straight at the truck and the truck driver avoided one accident by swerving to the side," Bookstein said. "The truck hit a pedestrian on the sidewalk."
The man was expected to undergo surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Bookstein said.
"The really sad part is this guy got hit by a hit-and-run driver a year or so ago," Bookstein said. "He was in recovery and starting to walk again."
Before being transported to the hospital, the injured man was treated at the scene by Rockland Paramedic Services and the Spring Hill Ambulance Corps.
Spring Valley police and the Clarkstown Police Department Accident Reconstruction Unit were at scene. The New York State Department of Transportation assisted with the inspection of the truck.
The investigation found that the truck, carrying equipment on its flatbed, had numerous federal and state safety violations, Bookstein said. No arrests have been made.
The truck, registered to a Queens company (http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080830/NEWS03/808300350#), was taken off the road, Bookstein said.
He didn't have specifics on the problems with the truck.
"Many of the summonses were for violations that require the truck to be taken out of service," Bookstein said.
Police did not identify the victim in last year's hit-and-run, or the Suffern man they found and arrested shortly after.
Police last year told The Journal News that witnesses reported seeing a Nissan Maxima strike a Spring Valley man crossing Lawrence Street at 3:29 p.m. and then drive away. A village police officer spotted the car almost immediately and stopped the driver in front of Finkelstein Library. The victim was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital for compound fractures to both legs.
