Just after midnight, police were alerted to a pedestrian lying in the street at /*Hempstead Turnpike*/ and Poplar Street in /*West Hempstead*/.
Police and paramedics found a 23-year-old man with head trauma.
The victim was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police say the operator of the vehicle, 38-year-old Joaquim Gloria, of Mineola, then fled the scene in the vehicle.
Gloria and his box truck were located a short time late. He is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with death.
