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A box truck mowed down a 69-year-old pedestrian on the Upper East Side early Monday, cops said. 

The male victim was crossing at East 89th Street and Second Avenue around 4:40 a.m. when the truck crashed into him, authorities said. 

The victim was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where he was initially listed in critical condition but stabilized later in the morning, cops said. 

He suffered a severe injury to his right arm, police said.

The 37-year-old box-truck driver stayed at the scene, police said. 

By later in the morning, it did not appear that there was any criminality involved, cops said. 

The incident comes a day after a Queens woman was crushed between parked cars as she tried to stop an out-of-control stolen truck — leaving her gravely injured on the ground as her young daughter screamed, “Mommy!”


  A box truck mowed down a 69-year-old pedestrian. G.N.Miller/NYPost A box truck mowed down a 69-year-old pedestrian. G.N.Miller/NYPost

  The male victim was crossing at East 89th Street and Second Avenue around 4:40 a.m. G.N.Miller/NYPost The male victim was crossing at East 89th Street and Second Avenue around 4:40 a.m. G.N.Miller/NYPost


  The victim suffered a severe injury to his right arm. G.N.Miller/NYPost The victim suffered a severe injury to his right arm. G.N.Miller/NYPost

Florence Ngwu, 49, was hospitalized in critical condition after the crash and died Monday morning, her niece confirmed. 

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