Detectives identified 34-year old Carl Alvear as the driver who hit a woman on the Van Wyck Expressway at about 5 a.m. in Jamaica.
They say his truck was heading north on the service road, struck the woman, and left the scene.
The victim, 31-year old Latrisha Been, was taken to Jamaica Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Alvear is charged with Manslaughter-Recklessly Cause Death.